SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 7, 2016) U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, perform a Delta Breakout over Alcatraz Island at Fleet Week San Francisco Air Show. The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform 56 demonstrations at 29 locations across the U.S. in 2016, which is the team's 70th anniversary year. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Dominick A. Cremeans)
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Saw them first in a performance at a NAS near Miami in the early 50's. My father was in the Naval reserve at the time and we got very close to the flight line. I forget the aircraft they used then. Possibly Panthers.
In the early 70's I saw them Perform at the Reading, Pennsylvania air show. They were flying F-4 Phantoms then. What a hell of a loud aircraft, but the Angels made those monsters dance.
Next in the mid-70" I saw them at Reading again. Now they were flying "scooters" or A4 Skyhawks. What a great plane for aerobatics. Small, nimble and a strong airframe.
My last experience was seeing them was in 2001 at the Marine Corps Air station Cherry Point, NC. They were driving F/A-18's at that point.
What a fantastic experience every performance was. I wish I had taken photos then.