[Ads-l] Blue Angel (was kakistrocrat)

dave@wilton.net dave at WILTON.NET
Thu Apr 26 15:39:27 UTC 2018


The Blue Angels are the US Navy aerobatics team. The USAF team is the Thunderbirds.
 
 
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From: "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM>
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Subject: [ADS-L] Blue Angel (was kakistrocrat)



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The only Blue Angels I am familiar with is an Air Force show-off flying group, which made the 3rd line above "the Blue Angels dropping..." sound like fighter planes dropping leaflets.

- Jim Landau




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