Blue Angels To Fly (Briefly) This Weekend

WUWF | By Bob Barrett

Published November 7, 2013 at 2:43 PM CST

The Blue Angels will be in the sky at NAS Pensacola this weekend. Saturday afternoon the Blue Angels will perform a flyover marking the official end of the 2013 season. Lt. Katie Kelly, the public affairs officer for the Blue Angels says that the public is welcome to watch the maneuver from the parking lot of the museum, but there will be no seating provided.

Of course the Blue Angels were grounded for most of the 2013 season due to the federal sequester budget cuts. Last month the team was informed that they will be back in the sky for a full season in 2014. Lt Kelly said the Blues used this year's down time to connect with people in the Pensacola region.

Saturday's flyover and landing begins at 2pm.

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Bob Barrett has been a radio broadcaster since the mid 1970s and has worked at stations from northern New York to south Florida and, oddly, has been able to make a living that way. He began work in public radio in 2001. Over the years he has produced nationally syndicated programs such as The Environment Show and The Health Show for Northeast Public Radio's National Productions.

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