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Fighter Pilot Podcast

FPP046 - Blue Angels Transitions

Fighter Pilot Podcast

Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot

Leisure, History, Aviation, Technology, Personal Journals, Government, Society & Culture

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

A discussion on the behind-the-scenes efforts required to transition the Blue Angels from the F/A-18A-D Hornet to the E/F Super Hornet. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thanks to our sponsor National University.

0:02.3

National University knows how important flexibility is for busy adults going back to school.

0:06.8

After all, NU was founded by a U.S. Navy veteran.

0:09.6

That's why NU offers year-round enrollment as well as four and eight-week online

0:13.5

course options, master's degrees and doctoral programs in the most high-demand

0:17.2

field so veterans and service members can advance their careers.

0:20.1

NU is a yellow ribbon school and accepts the post-911 GI Bill while offering veterans help to cover what the G-I-Bill may not.

0:27.0

To find out more, visit NU.ED

0:31.0

Most of us are familiar with the United States Navy's Premier Flight Demonstration Squadron,

0:36.2

The Blue Angels, and many of us have probably witnessed one or more of their performances.

0:41.6

But very few, no doubt, consider just how much planning, research, and

0:46.0

simulator time each and every maneuver requires. And when the team has been flying the same aircraft

0:52.3

for over 30 years and it's time to transition

0:55.2

to a new aircraft, all that research has to be performed all over again, as we will learn

1:00.6

this week on the fighter pilot podcast

1:03.1

with our guest, United States Navy Captain,

1:05.8

and former Blue Angel boss, Ryan Little Guido Bernaki.

1:10.4

There are some things that we say uniquely on the Blue Angels.

1:13.0

One of those is as we finish each brief and we're ready to go fly,

1:16.0

we go around the room and each person in order says,

1:19.0

I'm fired up ready to go, boss.

1:21.0

And I always love that and I would finish the brief by saying

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