re: Blue Angels appreciation thread for how hard this maneuver is.

Nascar in the sky. As a child in the 60s we would go to Ryan Airport and watch the Blue Angels. Back then, guardrails were off and I well remember that the main formation would get your attention while a 'bogey' would sneak in from the back with a very low and fast flyover. That puts one on the 'battlefield'. I think that was their point.

Those guys are the best of the best.

I am truly philosophically torn between my total respect, admiration and worship of the Competitive Principle in regard to Humanity's rise from the Natural World ("The Creature", in Bible speak), and the brick wall that we hit when the Power of Knowledge is applied in Military enterprise.

Amazing any way one cuts it.