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BLUE ANGELS THIS WEEK.
AND SEVERAL LUCKY FOLKS GOT THE
CHANCE TO RIDE IN ONE OF THE
ICONIC
FIGHTER JETS TODAY. FOX10 NEWS
REPORTER CORY
PIPPIN WAS THERE, AND BRINGS YOU
THE STORY.
< In his profession, 8th Grade
School Teacher Jeff Baugus is
used to staying firmly on the
through the air NATS Baugus
was one of several civilians
chosen to take the cockpit along
with a Blue Angel's pilot "Man
I'm just pumped, This has been
and the other passengers were
briefed before their flight on
proper procedures to make sure
they're prepared for the intense
equate it to a rollercoaster but
it's not. It's a rollercoaster
times 100.
these forces until today so You
get, whether you're gonna pass
out or throw up or do great,"
After the briefing, Baugus was
strapped into the aircraft and
the jet took off and flew
vertically into
the sky - taking Baugus on quite
a ride "We did some barrel
rolls. We did one where we did a
loop and flew upside down.
That was incredible. The ocean's
getting closer to you and the
sky's at your feet. It's pretty
incredible," Baugus, who won
Santa
the Year award, says his
students knew he would be flying
students were saying I was going
to throw up.
three times. But I held it and
pretty excited to get back to
them and let them know how it
Pensacola, Cory Pippin, Fox 10
News.
OFFICIALS SAY IN ORDER TO RIDE
WITH THE BLUES, YOU MUST FIRST
APPLY AND
THEN PASS A PHYSICAL JUST TO BE