The Blue Angels: The US Navy's Flight Demonstration Team, 1946 to the Present (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780764356582)

Since 1946, the world-famous US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team has performed in airshows in the United States and around the world. This book details the origins of the team when created by the US Navy, as well as describing the different models of aircraft that the team has flown during its seventy-year history.

• Propeller-driven F6F-5 Hellcat and F8F Bearcat
• Jet-powered F9F-8 Cougar, F11F-1 Tiger, F-4 Phantom, and A-4 Skyhawk
• Present-day F/A-18 Hornet
• Graphic and photographic descriptions of some of the team's signature maneuvers that are performed during a Blue Angels airshow, in stunning imagery.

Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

Author: Ken Neubeck
ISBN-10: 0764356585
ISBN-13: 9780764356582
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2019
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 9.10w x 0.80d