BLUE ANGELS SOAR
The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, perform at the El Centro Air Show, March 8, 2008. The show was the first of 35 planned performances for the Blue Angels in 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Gaines

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DELTA FORMATION
The U.S. Navy Flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, perform their delta formation during the Blues on the Bay Air Show at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 14, 2007. Photo By: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Hight

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BEAUFORT, S.C. — A U.S. Navy jet crashed during an air show, plunging into a neighborhood of small homes and trailers and killing the pilot, the county coroner said.
Witnesses said the planes were flying in formation during the show Saturday when one dropped below the trees and crashed, sending up clouds of smoke.

The plane was part of the Blue Angels, a non-combat, flight demonstration squadron that flies at air shows around the country. They fly at high speeds in close formations, and their pilots are considered the Navy's elite....

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