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In 2015, she became the first female Blue Angels pilot, [2] and flew the Blue Angels’ C-130 transport plane Fat Albert for two seasons. [3] Her first show with the Blue Angels demonstration team was in El Centro, California, in March 2015. [4] Then known as Marine Captain Katie Higgins, she made her Blue Angels debut at the age of 28. [5]
Her induction and training as a new Blue Angels pilot was captured in the 2024 film The Blue Angels. [10] [11] Lee's first performance as the Left Wing demo pilot with the Blue Angels took place on March 11, 2023, in El Centro, California. [1] She also performed before an estimated 100,000 people at the MCAS Beaufort Airshow on May 22 and 23 ...
The Blue Angels, formally named the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, are a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. [1] Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, following the Patrouille de France which formed in 1931.
In a blue and yellow Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, U.S. Navy Lt. Amanda Lee, the first female pilot for the Navy’s elite Blue Angels, roared into New Century AirCenter on Thursday, ahead of this ...
"I saw the Blue Angels fly from the top of my dad's shoulders and it was a memory that I'll never forget," said LCDR Nate Scott, the pilot of Blue Angel #4 and a native Californian.
Major Curran was participating in the Operation America Strong flyovers the Thunderbirds did with the Blue Angels, the demonstration squadron of the United States Navy, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Curran was the only female pilot flying with the squadron when she served, and the fifth female pilot in the squadron overall. [7] [2]
Nicole Margaret Ellingwood Malachowski [3] (born 26 September 1974) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and the first female pilot selected to fly as part of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Thunderbirds. [4] She later became a speaker and advocate on behalf of patients with tick-borne illnesses. [5] [6]
The Blue Angels is a 2024 documentary film about the Blue Angels pilots of the United States Navy. It was directed by Paul Crowder and released ahead of Memorial Day weekend by Amazon MGM Studios; on May 17, 2024, in IMAX theaters and on May 23, 2024, on Amazon Prime Video. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised ...