Why did the US Navy Blue Angels start with Hellcats?

[wuzak]

I think fubar57's

On the money?
Insightful?
A genius?
Full of shit?
A very handsome fellow?
Very funny?
Just as his name suggests?

As to the topic, the answer is obvious - they used F6Fs because they couldn't get Seafires....

EDIT: added a couple more options

 

[fubar57]

On the money?
Insightful?
A genius?
Full of shit?
A very handsome fellow?
Very funny?
Just as his name suggests?

As to the topic, the answer is obvious - they used F6Fs because they couldn't get Seafires....

EDIT: added a couple more options

Pretty sure I'm 70%of this list. Eliminate "Insightful" and "Genius" and you nailed it

 

[DarrenW]

Don't let Darren know I posted that.

Too late! And now you can't take what you said back....

 

[pbehn]

Too late! And now you can't take what you said back....

I was actually being serious. Being able to take off and land in formation must be a big asset in putting on a display.

 

[DarrenW]

I was actually being serious. Being able to take off and land in formation must be a big asset in putting on a display.

Just for that remark I've given you a "like". Probably the easiest one you've earned thus far lol.

 

[Zipper730]

On the money?

Ding!

 

[fubar57]

From Squadron's "A Pictorial History of the Blue Angels": "After selecting three of the Navy's top fighter pilots and evaluating many of the Navy's current aircraft, LCDR Voris and his team picked the F6F-5 Hellcat as their first exhibition aircraft..........." "Aside from performing these maneuvers in close formation, to which the team adjusted to with little problem, the most difficult problem was bringing the maneuvers down to eye level where the public would see them. The teams selection of the Grumman Hellcat proved to be just what they expected - it excelled in this low altitude environment....."
Side-note: A cash prize was offered by the local newspaper, "The Jax Air News" to name the team. From the suggestions came the name "Blue Lancers" which was given to the team but never accepted by the men. A short time later while the team was in New York for an exhibition they came across the name "The Blue Angel" in a advertising brochure for nightclubs. The name wasn't immediately announced until the World's Aviation Meet in Omaha Nebraska, July 19-21 1946. The three days celebration was the actual public beginning of the Blue Angels.
Side- side note: I actually wrote Blue Angles three times and only caught it moments before hitting post. You guys would have had a field day

 

[XBe02Drvr]

I actually wrote Blue Angles three times and only caught it moments before hitting post.

So does that mean the three opposing solo pilots would be the Blue Saxons?
Cheers,
Wes