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A moment of silence please.
JackFlash
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2007 - 10:15 AM UTC
On April 21, 2007 we lost an angel.

Report: Blue Angel Crashes at S.C. Show
By The Associated Press document.write(getElapsed("20070421T214014Z"));48 minutes agoUPDATED 7 MINUTES AGO

BEAUFORT, S.C. - A Navy F-18 Blue Angel plane crashed during an air show Saturday, according to televised reports.

Witnesses said the planes were flying in formation, and then one dropped down below the trees and apparently crashed.

"The next thing I seen was just a big black cloud of smoke," Gerald Popp, who lives nearby, told CNN.

Lt. Cdr. Davis was the 26th Blue Angel killed while flying with the team. The Birds have lost 36 pilots and staff including 14 in a transport crash in 1958.
Percheron
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2007 - 11:58 AM UTC
......Agreed and amen.
staff_Jim
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2007 - 07:45 PM UTC
I saw them fly once (in person). Amazing...

Small consolation but I hope he died doing something he loved.

Jim
JackFlash
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Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 03:20 AM UTC
Most are talking about his staying in the bird to avoid a housing area. If true he was a true steely eyed soldier and a credit to his kind.
jhoog59
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Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 10:30 AM UTC
A credit to his service and his profession.
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