NAS Pensacola Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow

Celebrating the Angels' last show of the season at their home base, this was a subdued show with little military action - the Blues, a couple of passes from the Heritage flight, followed by the impressive F-22 demo, and that was it, really. We were there on Saturday 3rd November.

The static lineup was good, including many aircraft from the neighbouring Navy museum seen out of their usual context. Many of them are shown in the pages from my previous visit to the Navy Museum in 2015.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Agusta Westland AW-109 Trekker I-ESPE  
Agusta Westland AW119 Mk2 N194NT In USN and USMC colours for the TH-XX contest to be their next training helicopter.
Agusta Westland AW609 N609PA Leonardo's presence was a nice surprise, especially this, the tiltrotor's 3rd prototype.
American Champion 8KCAB-210 Extreme Decathlon N90GT Greg Koontz aerobatics
Beech RC-45J D18S Expeditor 09771 4P-9771 National Naval Aviation Museum. Ex NC1040 (N1040), N975.
Beech T-1A Jayhawk 94-0115 AP USAF
Beech T-34C Turbo Mentor 161842 E-842 National Naval Aviation Museum
Beech UC-12B Huron 161515 1515 5B USMC. National Naval Aviation Museum
Bell 47G-3B-1 N7863S Busy doing pleasure flights. Ex VH-NSZ
Bell 407GT N407GT  
Bell UH-1H Iroquois N121FC USDA Forest Service. Ex US Army 64-13697
Boeing A160 Hummingbird 021 National Naval Aviation Museum
Boeing N2S-4 Kaydet (A75N1) N59901 USN 469 Ex USN 29948
Boeing N2S-4 Kaydet (A75N1) N60198 (NR60198)708 Ex USN 55708.
Boeing PT-17 Kaydet (A75N1) N95DA 470 Ex USAF 41-8011
Boeing Stearman pair N59901 N95DA  
Boeing Stearman PT17 Kaydet N42PW 42 Ex USAF 42-15804, RAF FJ943, N48795.
Cessna 182D N3888D Jumpstart Skydiving
Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior N875RS 75 Ex USN 144865, N575HA, N875RS (NX875RS). National Naval Aviation Museum.
Douglas A-4A XA4D-1 Skyhawk 137813 AJ-301 National Naval Aviation Museum
Douglas F-10B F3D-2 Skyknight 124598 WF-12 7/8 National Naval Aviation Museum
Extra 330-LC N330PB Star Child: Adam Baker aerobatics
Grumman (GM) TBM-3E Avenger N40402 CAF. Ex USN 91426, Canadian Navy 91426, CF-MUE, N40402 (NX40402, NL40402).
Grumman E-2C+ Hawkeye 2000 164494 AB-600 National Naval Aviation Museum
Grumman F-14A Tomcat 162710 AD-268 National Naval Aviation Museum
Grumman HU-16E Albatross 7236 US Coast Guard: ex USAF 51-7236. National Naval Aviation Museum
Grumman S2-E S2F-3S Tracker 151647 AW-344 National Naval Aviation Museum
Heritage flight: F-22A and Mustang 08-4159 N20TF  
Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor 08-4159 FF USAF
Lockheed Martin F-35C 168847 NJ-111 USN
Lockheed C-130T Hercules 164763 Blue Angels Fat Albert
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 89-0498 SJ USAF
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet 1: 163708
2: 163768
3: 163439
4: 163485
5: 163705
6: 163741
The US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron - The Blue Angels
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet 161959 Blue Angels 1 - a genuine Angels aircraft of the National Naval Aviation Museum
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C 152756 Blue Angels 2. This and the following two, are current team aircraft, parked on the Museum ramp after the show.
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet 163462 Blue Angels 4
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet 163468 Blue Angels 7 - their 2-seat photography, press and VIP transport.
MX Aircraft MX2 N716GW Gary Ward aerobatics
North American TB-25N N61821 Ex USAF 44-29035, N3516G, Venezuela AF 15B40, FAV4146. Freshly marked '02344', 40-2344, Jimmy Doolittle's Tokyo Raid plane. National Naval Aviation Museum
North American Rockwell CT-39G Sabreliner 160054 22 Ex N65796, NAS Pensacola gate guard. National Naval Aviation Museum.
North American SNJ-5 Texan N246WR 43855 SB-122 USN ex USAF 42-84246, N3670F. National Naval Aviation Museum
North American T-28C Trojan N187GH (NX187GH) 138187 606 USN
North American T-28C Trojan 140501 2S-745 Ex N161JP (NX161JP). National Naval Aviation Museum
North American (Cavalier) TF-51D Mustang N20TF (NL20TF) WZ-Y Bum Steer ex 67-14866, Bolivian AF FAB 521, C-GXUR
Northrop DT-38A Talon 591604 11 USN ex USAF 59-1604. National Naval Aviation Museum
Northrop F-5N Tiger II 761578 ES-13 USN aggressor, Russian AF markings. Ex USAF 76-1578, Swiss AF J-3053.
Northrop Grumman RQ-8A Fire Scout 166400 National Naval Aviation Museum
Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche N7389Y  
Prometheus and MX2 N540S and N716GW  
Raytheon T-6A Texan II 99-3549 A-YU AP USAF
Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk 6016 US Coast Guard
Stinson L-5 Sentinel N69887 42-98178 USAF - Guinea Short Lines markings.
Temco TT-1 Super Pinto N7752A 226 Ex 144226. National Naval Aviation Museum
Vans RV-8 N803RL 1 Redline Airshows

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