keywords: navy, military airshow, blue angels precision flying team, nas, grosse lie, michigan
Synopsis: Navy airshow featuring the Blue Angels Precision Flying Team at a time when the military was transitioning from prop to jet power... (read more)
Crowd of people at air show.Three exhibit trailers. Flat-bed truck with FH-1 on trailer. Man and small boy looking into FH-1. R4D on mat; Officer walking out of R4D and shaking hands with people. AO1 sailor explaining part of the mechanism which comprises the USN exhibit. Exhibit of rocket. F6F (drone) on jacks turning over. F6F unfolding wings, F6F taxiing up runway slowly; plane director in foreground. F6F"s taxiing down taxi strip. Three PBY-5A"s taxiing down runway ( ).LA LS Television camera operator.LS PBY taxiing out onto airstrip. P2V making a JATO take off.
This title contains early footage of the Blue Angeles flying the Grumman F8F Bearcat. 1946 marked the first performance of the Blue Angels flying the Grumman F6F Hellcat. In 1946, after two months flying the F6F, they switched to the Grumman F8F Bearcat.
Blue Angel pilot walking out toward F8F. LCDR Dusty Rhodes, member of the Blue Angels, in cockpit; man assisting him with parachute harness. Prop starts turning over on Blue Angels plane. Blue Angels planes starting to taxi out in taxi positions. F8F"s of the Blue Angels taxiing out onto the taxi strip. F8F"s of Blue Angels taking off Blue Angels climbing at steep angle; they level off and fly back over crowd. Small baby sleeping in stroller. Blue Angels making low pass over field. Blue Angels in flight low over field; then they do barrel rolls (SV). Blue Angels going thru their routine.
Piper Cub making rough landing. Early jet F9F-5 and Fh-1 makes low pass over field then does aerobatics for crowd. Group of FH-1"s in flight in formation.