Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110926:01:16:00
Everybody has cues on when to do their thing. >> still there are mishaps. since their inception in 1953, 23 pilots have died in crashes. while in the last 65 years, 25 blue angel pilots have lost their lives. the biggest loss of life for the thunderbirds came in 1982 during a regular training exercise in the nevada desert. four planes were lost and four pilots killed. an air force investigation concluded that the lead pilot lost his bearings putting his plane into a dive too close to the ground and couldn't pull out in time. the other pilots who were to follow the wing tip of the leader tracke...
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