San Francisco Fleet Week

In a moment of serendipity, I found out that I would be in San Francisco when the San Francisco Fleet Week was on. And that sorta changed my mood. I had planned to visit the USS Hornet Museum. I was a bit disappointed when I found out they were not open while I was in San Francisco.

I’ll never pass up on an opportunity to see the Blue Angels. It surely was a special sight to see them zoom by the San Francisco skyline and the world famous Golden Gate Bridge. It goes without saying that it was an easy decision to add the San Francisco Fleet Week to my itinerary.

Even though the US Navy Blue Angels were the high of the show for me, there were others that were quite fun. It is always fun to see Captain “Laz” Le Tourneau demonstrate Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor. Lots of high speed turns, lots of flares, lots of fun. And when the Raptor joins up with North American P-51 Mustang… Sheer beauty!

It was quite impressive to see that F-35B of the US Marines hover over San Francisco Bay. I had not seen that before.

Did you ever see an airliner dive towards the flight line like it was a fighter jet? Well, the United crew that flew the Boeing 777 did just that! They gave us the most dynamic display of an airliner I’ve ever seen. Kudos to them.