Every Tuesday and Wednesday about 11, the
Fort Pickens Campground empties. The campers walk, bike or drive down the road to the old fort where they sit on the batteries, walls, beach and fishing pier to watch the Blue Angels practice that starts at 11:30. For an hour they leave their birding, fishing, sunbathing, reading, and relaxing to enjoy a memorable performance. The
Blue Angels practice from an airstrip right across Pensacola Bay from Fort Pickens.
What a show! Today we saw 2 planes practicing maneuvers together, and 4 other planes practicing their maneuvers together. At the end all 6 planes worked together. It was really impressive. Flying in formations. Flying down in a group and fanning out. Flying up in a group and fanning out. Letting out trails of blue smoke. Crossing each other in flight, so close to each other, sometimes upside down. Several times, the planes flew very close to the spectators at Fort Pickens as they returned to a formation after a stunt.
We hope you enjoy the photos. Russ took 86, and Dana took 75. When Dana's camera battery died, she took pictures with her phone. It is really hard to take photos of planes flying so fast, so far away. We only hoped that a few would come out. We got quite a few that were only sky - the Blue Angels had flown past in the time it takes to press the shutter. None of these photos have been doctored. This is what we saw!
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