As I stated in my previous entry, I was going to share images of the Blue Angels that I took at the Miramar Air Show a week ago today. Before taking flight in the afternoon, the six blue and gold-painted F/A-18 Hornets were parked out on the tarmac in front of the viewing stands...providing a nice backdrop as different types of aircraft performed acrobatic demonstrations above them throughout the day. As shown in the pics above and directly below (and alluded to in my Blog entry yesterday), the Blue Angels also made for nice static displays as explosions rocked the field behind them during a combat demonstration known as the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Demo. It was a few hours after MAGTF (and the F-35B Lightning II aerial demo that I wrote about in this entry) that the Blue Angels finally soared into the air. Thanks to my awesome Nikon D3300 DSLR camera, I was able to take these close snapshots of the Angels as they wowed the Miramar crowd for over 30 minutes that day.
The main reason why I went to the Miramar Air Show this year was to see a "heritage flight" take place between a modern F-22 Raptor and a World War II-era P-51 Mustang. Unfortunately, since the show was running behind schedule last Saturday, the flight was cancelled. And considering the fact that I didn't see any F-22/P-51 aerial pics from this year's air show on Instagram and other social media sites, it appears that the flight was scrapped for all three days (September 28 - 30) of the event. Bummer. But at least I saw the F-35B in all of its hovering glory again! Anyways, check out these Blue Angel photos that I took 7 days ago...
PS: Tonight is my 20-year high school reunion! Can't wait to attend.
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