United States. Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron
Organization
Historical Note
The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron, with aviators from the Navy and Marines. The Blue Angels team was formed in 1946, making it the second oldest formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931.
Citation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_AngelsFound in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-06-05
Contents of the Collection
The Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs that document Byron's commercial pilot career with Western Airlines and Delta Airlines. Materials date from mid-1940s through the 1980s.Textual materials include pilot logs dating from 1955-1987; organizational records for Western Airlines, including documents related to the merger of Western Airlines and Pacific Northern Airlines in 1967, as well as the merger of...
Bruce Mennella Vietnam War Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2017-04-07
Abstract
Bruce Mennella (b. 1946) served during the Vietnam War from 1969-1972 as an Air Intelligence Officer for U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114). The collection contains photographs and a small amount of ephemera documenting his military service.
Joann Osterud Airshow Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2021-10-29-A
Overview
Joann Osterud was a stunt pilot who flew in airshows from the late 1970s through the 1990s. Slides, photographs and audiovisual recordings in the collection document her stunt performances from her early career through 1990, including ones in her Stevens Akro plane which is in the Museum's collection.
United States. Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
[Blue Angels]
Folder 1:
Newspaper articles about airshow in Seattle, 2001
Folder 2:
Group shot of the Blue Angels, Pensacola, Florida, 1956
Eight photographs from McDonnell Douglas of aerial maneuvers
McDonnell Douglas photograph of A-4F Skyhawk IIs in their diamond formation
Photograph of six Blue Angels above airfield
Four Blue Angel airplanes in air
Folder 1:
Newspaper articles about airshow in Seattle, 2001
Folder 2:
Group shot of the Blue Angels, Pensacola, Florida, 1956
Eight photographs from McDonnell Douglas of aerial maneuvers
McDonnell Douglas photograph of A-4F Skyhawk IIs in their diamond formation
Photograph of six Blue Angels above airfield
Four Blue Angel airplanes in air
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