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47 Cards in this Set
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1st Boss |
LCDR Roy "Butch" Voris |
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1st Name of Team |
The Navy Blue Lancers. Name won a contest to name the team but was never accepted or used. |
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1st Marine Pilot |
Capt. Chuck Hiett, 1954 |
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1st Tech Rep, made 1st Crest |
Dave "Grandfather" Sheuer (also had first blue flight suits made) |
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Team Started by Direction of: |
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz |
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Team's Birthday |
April 24, 1946 |
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1st Airshow |
June 15, 1946 at Craig Field, Jacksonville Florida |
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Time of First Airshow |
Approximately 17 minutes with 3 aircraft. |
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Blue Angel Diamond Introduced: |
1947 by Lt. Cmdr. Bob Clark |
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1st Demo in Canada |
September, 1956 |
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1st European Tour |
Summer 1965 |
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Who Found the Blue Angel Name in the New Yorker Magazine? |
Maurice "Wick" Wickendoll |
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Year Winter Training Officially Started |
1968 |
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Year Team Moved to Pensacola |
1954 |
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Mt. Signal Elevation |
2562 ft. |
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Year Team Became a Squadron |
1973 |
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1000th Airshow |
July 4th, 1963 in Lemoore, California |
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2000th Airshow |
October 8th, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia |
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3000th Airshow |
September 7th, 1990 in Grand Forks, North Dakota |
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1st Commanding Officer |
Cmdr. Tony Less |
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Who Served as Commanding Officer Twice? |
Ken Wallace. Slot 1953-1956, Boss 1961-1963, and came back as OIC to put the team back together after the crash in 1973. |
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When was the C-130 Introduced? |
1970 |
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Name the Aircraft Flown by the Blue Angels |
Hellcat, Bearcat, Panther, Cougar, Tiger, Phantom, Skyhawk, Hornet |
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1st Jet Flown |
Panther |
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1st Supersonic Aircraft |
Tiger |
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F/A-18 Acquired |
November, 1986 |
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F/A-18 First Demo |
1987 |
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Who Created the Mini Litho or Hound Dog? |
Lt. Cmdr. Doug McClain |
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3x Blue Angel Pilot |
Capt. Greg "Iron Man" Wooldridge |
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1st Female Officer |
Lt. Mary Russel |
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1st Female Enlisted |
AT1 Penny Edwards |
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1st Female Marine |
SSgt. Nancy Woods |
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1st Female Pilot |
Capt. Katie Higgins, M1 |
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1st Blue Angel of the Year |
Peter Heston, 1980 |
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1st African American Non-Pilot |
#8, Events Coordinator, Lt. Bruce Dillard |
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1st African American CO/Pilot |
Cmdr. Donny Cochran |
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1st Fallen Angel |
Lt. j.g. Ross "Robbie" Robinson |
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1st Safe Ejection |
Lt. Cmdr. Ray Hawkins |
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1st Supersonic Ejection |
Lt. Cmdr. Ray Hawkins |
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1st Safe Ejection in Combat |
Cmdr. Harley Hall |
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Last Successful Ejection |
Lt. Ted "Bunza" Steelman, December 1st, 2004 |
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1st CMC |
AVCM Colbert |
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Who Designed the Paint Scheme? |
Reverend Jack Fallon |
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Who Designed the Crest |
Lt. Cmdr. Dusty Rhodes |
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The Team was Disbanded and Sent to Korea |
1950, Became VF-191 Satan's Kittens |
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Team Reactivated After Korean Conflict |
1951 at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas |
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Honorary Flight Leaders |
10 Total. Ernest Borgnine, Bob Hope, Dave Sheuer, Dale Specht, Jon "Trader Jon" Weissman, Vice Adm. Jack Fetterman, USN (Ret), Glenn Huber, Capt. Richard E. Luehrs, USN (Ret), Roger Wolfe Kahn, Don Duncan, Donald Lambe. |