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This Blue Angels demo gives you new reason to fear flying

Heads up.

 

Mike Fenn

Internet Culture

Posted on Jul 8, 2014   Updated on May 31, 2021, 12:12 am CDT

One YouTube video is showing us what can happen when we try to catch an airshow from somewhere other than the established arena.

YouTube user Lynn Johnston was observing a performance by the Blue Angels squadron from the parking lot of a nearby shopping center in St. Louis, Missouri. As she watches the Angels show off their dips and dives with the help of fancy smoke trails, Johnston gets a sudden reminder about why airshows should be viewed from all angles.

Presumably, she walked over to the shopping center afterward for some new underwear.

Image via Official U.S. Navy Page / Flickr (PD)

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*First Published: Jul 8, 2014, 9:17 am CDT