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Blue Angels Mishap
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I had just gotten home, unpacked, and turned on CNN to see this in the news. It was definitely a blow to hear the news that one of our own, our best, had been lost...
My heart goes out to his family, friends, and squadron shipmates....
My heart goes out to his family, friends, and squadron shipmates....
He was a great dude. Very friendly and self-effacing. I can't imagine a better blue angel. We were in the same VT for awhile, and even though he was many classes ahead of me, you wouldn't know from the way he treated me like an equal (the silly VT pecking order among classes did not exist for him). He will be missed.
FormerRecruitingGuru
Making Recruiting Great Again
From what I've seen from the previous posters, it seems as though this man was not only a great Naval Aviator, but more importantly a great Naval Officer.
A very sobering and tragic event. It was good to hear that he was given the honor he deserved by the emergency workers who took their American flag from the fire station and carried him away from the scene in the symbol he served and protected so selflessly. May he forever fly amongst angels. RIP.
Amen.
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
flysupertomcat
Jim told me I can buy Gaydar online
Short but good CNN tribute video for LCDR Davis
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/bestoftv/2007/04/23/intv.robin.blue.angel.crash.cnn
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/bestoftv/2007/04/23/intv.robin.blue.angel.crash.cnn
Wait till official word comes out... then we'll know what the investigators found out. Until then, lets not go down the "what happened" road. The thread's already been locked once for that.
True that. Although that is a natural question, it is not appropriate if you are officially or unofficially involved in Naval Aviation to speculate. AW honors that policy. The official Mishap Investigation is underway and you'll just have to wait until they sift through witness statements, video, aircraft wreckage and any recoverable data recording devices and make a determination. It takes time. Let the media do their thing as far as speculation (they'll be after those elusive ratings for sure). Let's just honor his sacrifice and career and think about those he left behind.
I think several posts got deleted. I remember some posts when I went to bed last night that aren't here now.
Pretty cool video on Airshowbuzz.com when LCDR Davis gave James Franco from Flyboys a ride.
http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=38c60761
I thought it was a nice tribute to him.
I searched but didn't find it posted anywhere. If it is feel free to delete my post.
http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=38c60761
I thought it was a nice tribute to him.
I searched but didn't find it posted anywhere. If it is feel free to delete my post.
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