We have been in the Pensacola area for the last 3 weeks waiting for our sails to be ready. We have had the awesome experience of watching the Blue Angels practice every Tuesday afternoon. November 10 and 11 they had their final show of the season.
The Blue
Angels is the United States Navy’s flight demonstration squadron with aviators
from both the Marines and the Navy.
First formed in 1946 they perform from March to November ending with
their final show at their homebase in Pensacola, FL. The 6 demonstration pilots are currently
flying the McDonnel Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
Local weather conditions dictate whether the show will be a high, low or
flat show. The high show requires at
least an 8,000 foot ceiling and visibility of at least 3 nautical miles from
the show’s centerpoint. Minimum ceilings
for low and flat shows are 3,500 feet and 1, 500 feet, respectively.
This is a
big weekend attraction for the local boaters and they came in droves starting
Thursday. We came on Monday and there
was only one other boat anchored. This
is what it looked like for the Friday show…….
There must be at least a 100 boats in here!! I wonder if that should be a check off on the bucket list, anchoring with a hundred boats in one anchorage. Hmmmm.
Anyway, it was a great show and we were happy to be among the many spectators.
Still waiting for the sails............
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