Ooopsies! Blue Angel 7 taxi incident
 

New callsign "Iceman?" Where's Val Kilmer?

Blue Angels plane slips on Brunswick runway

Oh, that's right...he's an airline pilot now. ;)

Anyway, glad the jet wasn't damaged/no one hurt.

I propose: "Broadie"

Wow, he was so ticked off he killed the engines!

Trained in P-cola (FL), Kingsville (south TX), Lemoore (Central CA), and stationed in Beaufort (SC).

His first time seeing ICE?!? :eek::D

First time I've seen a Marine as #7 too.

Edit to the above:
As was pointed out on another site - Sorry 'Loni' ('02-'04)- I forgot all about you :o

Loni isn't #7.

Never mind. I'm wrong. Apparently, there are 2 Loni's involved with the Blues.

It is a good thing that was a F-16, they're very strong.

F-18.. Viper gear is narrow; wouldn't have been good.

Ha! Sucked you in to the DAL aircraft recognition scam.:D

I imagine the PIO was in the back seat, already figuring a story. Too bad they can't include the "groundabatics" in their routine. I'll bet that was some ride.

Yes she was (the PAO) - and the pilot was smart enough to let her do the interview aftewards to the local reporters. :D

Edit - -she was the Events Coordinator - not the PAO.

Had a few wild rides at Elmendorf back in the day in an F-15. Never left the surface, but probably ruined a couple seat cushions along the way. A technique was to shut an engine down after the aero-brake to reduce the thrust. Pushing on brake pedals with nobody home was one of the most uncomfortable feelings in aviation....

Fallon in the winter when the freezing fog, temp inversion sets in could make for some shenanigans. F-18 antiskid kicks off below I think 30 knots, and aerobraking is il advised on the legacy jets (and isn't all that effective). It's an FCS roll/yaw coupling issue with controllability. On a slippery runway, it can be sporty. On a slippery carrier deck at night it's downright terrifying.

Fixed it for you...:D

At least you got an ejection seat. I have to fall 60+ feet, then try to get out a hole smaller than me. (I'm like a rat, if my shoulders get through, the rest will too)

Had a couple wild rides with the NP2000 system (newfangled 8 blade prop) on the E-2.

Select ground idle or reverse, and the prop computer decides you only get one below flight idle.. yeehah!

(no anti skid in the E-2 at any speed)

That was a Neil Trap if I've ever heard one!

Navy captain? Looks like she is a lieutenant.


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I think there is a Marine in there somewhere.

That was the pilot. The gal talking said captain on the screen. She has bars on a Navy hat.

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Yes - the pilot was a Marine.

The Events Coordinator - who was riding in the backseat - is also a Marine Captain - - a WSO (Weapons Systems Operator) in the F/A-18Ds.
Blue Angels: United Officers, Their Roles & Responsibilities

The bars on the 'cover' are Captain's bars - - but look at the insignia. EGA.

Dang Albie, It always looked like they swept your ramp dry as a bone.

What about us poor saps taxiing from the north side with our snow blowers in and out of reverse?!

(Uphill both ways, of course):D