It's Fleet Week here in San Francisco and that means Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron aka The Blue Angels are back in town for the celebration. This is what it takes to convert a battle-ready F/A-18 Hornet into a marvelous stunt-flying Angel.
It's Fleet Week here in San Francisco and that means Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron aka The Blue Angels are back in town for the celebration. This is what it takes to convert a battle-ready F/A-18 Hornet into a marvelous stunt-flying Angel.
Military jets are not made by magic, rather, by hyperactive workers with the ability to complete the build of an entire F/A-18F Super Hornet in less than four minutes. [via military.com]
A Navy F/A-18 Hornet buzzes past GM's Renaissance Center world headquarters last year on its way along the Detroit River to wow the thousands of spectators attending the Red Bull Air Race.