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LiveAirShowTV showcases Blue Angel #3

By General Aviation News Staff · June 21, 2014 ·

Airshow fans see the Blue Angels perform every weekend around the country, but few know what goes into this very precise aerobatic routine. This spring, LiveAirShowTV spoke with Blue Angel #3, LCDR Nate Barton, who flies the left wing in the diamond formation.

Nate Selfie 2Viewers will learn a bit more about the off-season training, what it’s like flying only inches apart from the other jets, and that funny name for one of the Diamond’s formations.

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