08/27/2023
Look for the Blue Angels tonight!
UPDATE @ 8:05: The Blues just flew low over Orange Beach at 8:00pm.
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ππππππ @ π:πππ©π¦: Fat Albert took off at 6:27pm and is traveling at 380 mph. He will arrive after dark.
IF the Blues took off at 6:30pm that would put them back in our area around 7:45-8:15, my best guess. That will likely be too late for a possible Beach Buzz.
If anyone sees them coming in please let us know the time.
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ππππππ @ π:πππ©π¦: Normally, the Blue Angels take off right before Fat Albert. We would have thought that Fat Albert would be airborne by now, but he's not. This information pushes our guesstimate back by an hour at this point.
Please keep in mind that we don't know their flight plans, and it could be that they won't come home until tomorrow, but they do have a practice scheduled on Tuesday.
The tropical system moving into the Gulf of Mexico could possibly be a factor in their flight plans.
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π’ππ ππΉππ²π ππΉπ²πΏπ: The Blue Angels will be headed home from the Guardians of Freedom Air Show in Lincoln, Nebraska this afternoon. The flight time from Lincoln is roughly 1.5 hours.
We can expect them back here on the Gulf Coast between 6:30 and 7:30pm.
We will update this post if we get any new information. As always, we never know their flight plan or if they'll give us a Beach Buzz and if they do, where theyβll buzz by.
ππ¨ππ: Generally, the further east you are the better chance you have to see the Blues. For the last several years, the Blues would primarily fly in from the east over Pensacola Beach and make their final turn at Perdido Pass. Occasionally, they would go further west, as far as Gulf Shores, but that was rare. This year theyβve been turning to land before even reaching Perdido Key. So, we never know what to expect.
We want to thank everyone who's out watching for the Blue Angels from Navarre and Pensacola Beach for posting updates here in the comments when you see them coming. It's an enormous help!
We have future potential Beach Buzz days listed on our OBA Blues Calendar page.
https://www.obawebsite.com/blue-angels--schedule