Jun 17, 2012

Blue Angels soar high during Star-Spangled Sailabration

Jerry Jackson 1 Comment The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Blue Angels, Maryland, Sailabration

Aerobatics at its finest, the Blue Angels soared high during Star-Spangled Sailabration festivities in Baltimore.

: The Blue Angels fly in formation over the Inner Harbor next to the ARM Cuauhtemoc from Mexico as the Sailabration sails into Sunday June 17, 2012. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: The Blue Angels – Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet planes – fly in formation past a line of U.S. flags, participating in the air show during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration at Fort McHenry Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Leaks of Findlay, OH, who is stationed with the Commarexsecron 14 sits with wife Haley Leaks and their daughter Jada Leaks, 3, capturing snapshots of the air show during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration 200 at Fort McHenry Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: A Blue Angel flies behind the replica 15-star, 15-stripe U.S. flag of Fort McHenry, participating in the air show during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: The Blue Angels – Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet planes – fly in formation past spectators on a bastion of Fort McHenry, participating in the air show during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration 200 Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: Spectators watch the skies for the Blue Angels during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration at Fort McHenry Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: Two Blue Angels – Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet planes – break away from each other, participating in the air show during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration 200 at Fort McHenry Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: The Blue Angels – Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet planes – fly in close formation, banking above the sea of spectators who watch the air show during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration 200 at Fort McHenry Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: The Blue Angels planes fly above state flags to participate in the air show during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration 200 at Fort McHenry Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: Spectators watch the skies for the Blue Angels during the weekend-long Star Spangled Sailabration 200 at Fort McHenry Saturday, Jun 16, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: The Blue Angels soar high in Baltimore as part of the Star-Spangled Sailabration on June 14, 2012. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: A duck appears to follow the Blue Angels during Friday practice session for this weekend’s air show over Fort McHenry in conjunction with Sailabration. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)

: A F18 Super Hornet breaks the sound barrier during Friday practice for the air show over Fort McHenry. The cloud is the air particles being compressed as the jet approaches the speed of sound. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Sun Photographer)

: Six-year-old Perry Stevenson holds her ears during Friday practice for the air show. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Sun Photographer)

: The Navy’s Blue Angels practice for the air show over Fort McHenry. (Gene Sweeney Jr. /Sun Photographer)

: Crowds watch Friday’s practice for the air show. (Gene Sweeney Jr. /Sun Photographer)

: The Navy’s Blue Angels practice for the air show over Fort McHenry. (Gene Sweeney Jr. /Sun Photographer)

: Crowds watch Friday’s practice for the air show. (Gene Sweeney Jr. /Sun Photographer)

: The Navy’s Blue Angels practice for the air show over Fort McHenry. (Gene Sweeney Jr. /Sun Photographer)

: The Navy’s Blue Angels practice for the air show over Fort McHenry. (Gene Sweeney Jr. /Sun Photographer)

: Crowds watch Friday’s practice for the air show. (Gene Sweeney Jr. /Sun Photographer)

: The Navy’s Blue Angels practice for the air show over Fort McHenry. (Gene Sweeney Jr. /Sun Photographer)

Blue Angels add awe to Sailabration festivities
By Scott Dance and Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun
12:18 a.m. EDT, June 17, 2012

Shrieking children covered their ears and adults flinched as the Blue Angels made a low pass over Fort McHenry, only to stretch their necks and shade their eyes to track the Navy jet fighters as they soared into the sun.

At the Inner Harbor, crowds lined the waterfront for unobstructed views of the aerial maneuvers as the Angels ducked behind office buildings and hotel towers, their roar none the quieter.

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