Monday, June 20, 2011

Hot! Blue Angels Cancel Performance Rockford Airshow

ROCKFORD The Illinois atmosphere demonstrate as they continue some sort of safe practices review.

The Navy's surroundings showing group declared Saturday that will not carry out at the total Rockford AirFest in June. The crew is at a "safety stand-down" right after hurtling too towards the terrain throughout a control at an air conditioning display with May.

Navy Cmdr. Dave Koss declared Friday he's voluntarily leaving this crew shortly afterwards a number their jets travelled in the reduced altitude compared to authorized at a Virginia air flow present final weekend.

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Two armed service air conditioning demo clubs and also the Indiana on June 11-12.

Koss introduced his flying a number of a short time following the team reported it had been proceeding on an indefinite protection stand-down with the error.

Four involving the six F/A-18 Hornets flew under his or her specified altitude in a very gemstone square on the Memorial Day weekend activities at a great air flow demonstrate throughout Millville, N.J.

"I done a operate that will had an unacceptably decreased lowest altitude," Koss stated in a statement released with the Navy. "This maneuver, combined with various other instances with definitely not meeting this airborne normal of which creates the Blue Angels the actual exceptional firm which this is, took my decision to measure down."

Greg McWherter, some sort of past Blue Angels ' Commanding Officer will change Koss with the season, the particular staff said.

Blue Angels pilot Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis passed on for a 2007 atmosphere indicate with South Carolina when he quickly lost control of his No. a few jet also it journeyed down.

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