As I watched the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration team fly a fingertip-formation loop during their recent appearance at the 2024 edition of the Fargo (N.D.) Airsho, it suddenly occurred to me: I used to fly fingertip formation in a T-38 almost daily, and it’s not all that hard with a lot of practice.
I bet parts of the Blue Angels show are easy for them—play, really. Like flying fingertip formation, doing turning rejoins. Maybe when the last guy of the six comes diving down at like 450 knots, nose buried, to rejoin the other five, and then tucking into place in the tight formation. Horseplay for those guys.
