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Blue Angel 6 Mishap Report

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Blue Angel 6 Mishap Report #5025
Long story short, Capt Kuss was too low and too fast for the split S maneuver he was supposed to perform and realized his mistake too late into the maneuver to safely eject from the aircraft.

lmgcorporate.com/wsmv/documents/BlueAngelsCrash.pdf

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Blue Angel 6 Mishap Report #5026
Hmm. Reminds me of the saying to make you stick to them; "SOPs are written in blood". Interesting to read a military one. TY.

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