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Sep 15, 2016. Something was not right with the Marine flier at the stick of Blue Angels jet No. 6 on June 2, the day he split off for a routine maneuver and crashed into a field during an air...
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Lt. Ross “Robby” Robinson was killed during a performance when a wingtip broke off his Bearcat, sending him into an unrecoverable spin.
Two Panthers collided during a demonstration in Corpus Christi, Texas, and one pilot was killed. The team resumed performances two weeks later.
Lt. John R. Dewenter landed wheels up at Buffalo Niagara International Airport after experiencing engine troubles during a show in Clarence, NY. The Grumman F-11 Tiger landed on Runway 23 but exited airport property coming to rest in the intersection of Genesee Street and Dick Road, nearly hitting a gas station. Lt. Dewenter was uninjured, but the ...
Cmdr. Robert Nicholls Glasgow died during an orientation flight just days after reporting for duty as the new Blue Angels leader.
Lt. George L. Neale, 29, was killed during an attempted emergency landing at Apalach Airport near Apalachicola, Florida. Lt. Neale’s F-11A Tiger had experienced mechanical difficulties during a flight from West Palm Beach, Florida to NAS Pensacola, causing him to attempt the emergency landing. Failing to reach the airport, he ejected from the aircr...
Lt. Cmdr. Dick Oliver crashed his Tiger and was killed at the Canadian International Air Show in Toronto.
Lt Frank Gallagher was killed when his Tiger stalled during a practice Half Cuban 8 maneuver and spun into the ground.
Lt. Ernie Christensen belly-landed his F-4J Phantom at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids when he inadvertently left the landing gear in the up position. He ejected safely, while the aircraft slid off the runway.
CDR Harley Hall safely ejected after his Phantom caught fire and crashed during practice over Narragansett Bay near the ex-NAS Quonset Point in Rhode Island.
Lt. Larry Watters was killed when his F-4J Phantom II struck the ground, upright while practicing inverted flight, during winter training at NAF El Centro.
Sep 15, 2016 · PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — The Navy says pilot error was the primary cause of a crash that claimed the life of a Blue Angels flier. Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss was killed on June 2 while practicing outside Nashville, Tennessee, for the Pensacola, Florida-based flight demonstration team.
Jun 3, 2016 · A Blue Angels jet crashed near the Smyrna-Rutherford County Airport in Smyrna, Tennessee, during an air show practice run on Thursday, June 2.
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Jun 2, 2016 · A U.S. official says the pilot of a Blue Angels jet did not eject when the aircraft crashed in Tennessee and likely was killed. The official spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Jun 3, 2016 · SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — A Blue Angels pilot who died when his F/A-18 fighter jet crashed near Nashville, Tennessee, had wanted to fly since he was a child, relatives said. A U.S. official identified the pilot killed Thursday as Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss.
A U.S. Navy F/A-18 aircraft assigned to the Navy's demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, crashed today while conducting a practice air show in the Smyrna area at approximately 3:01 p.m., CST.
