Blue Angel Solos Opposing Knife edge pass from final demo at NAS Pensacola, 11/13/25. At an air speed of 400 knots #6 approaches from crowd right while #5 comes from crowd left, at a height of 100' above the runway they have a closing speed of 920 mph! At 200' before center point they each roll 90° to their left and cross at center point ! //Bill Please note that this page is not directly affiliated with the Blue Angels. This page is run by a team of friends who happen to enjoy studying them and

Blue Angels Solos Takeoff Maneuvers for their final demo of 2025! Lead Solo, #5 CDR Thomas Zimmerman executes a Dirty ( gear down) Roll and then exits In front of the Crowd left. Opposing Solo, #6 LCDR Connor O'Donnell executes a Low Transition takeoff maneuver into an almost straight vertical climb of up to 4500', depending on clouds, then does an Immelmann maneuver and exits behind the crowd, right! After this maneuver #6 reports back to "MO" at the Comm cart, cloud levels and conditions, and