The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron.

The Blue Angels ' six demonstration pilots fly the F / A-18 Hornet in more than 70 shows at 34 locations throughout the United States each year, where they still employ many of the same practices and techniques used in their aerial displays in 1946.

The Blue Angels also visit more than 50, 000 people a show season ( March through November ) in schools and hospitals.

Since 1946, the Blue Angels have flown for more than 260 million spectators.

The mission of the Blue Angels is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting, and credibly represent Navy and Marine Corps aviation to the United States and its Armed Forces to America and other countries.

The Blue Angels flying in a Delta Formation at Miramar, San Diego in 2011

During their aerobatic demonstration, the Blues fly six F / A-18 Hornet aircraft, split into the Diamond Formation ( Blue Angels 1 through 4 ) and the Lead and Opposing Solos ( Blue Angels 5 and 6 ).

The original team was christened the Blue Angels in 1946, when one of the pilots came across the name of New York City's Blue Angel Nightclub in The New Yorker magazine ; the team introduced themselves as the " Blue Angels " to the public for the first time on 21 July 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska.

The official Blue Angels insignia was designed by then team leader Lt. Cmdr.

The Blue Angels use a United States Marine Corps C-130T Hercules, nicknamed " Fat Albert ", for their logistics, carrying spare parts, equipment, and to carry support personnel between shows.

The officer selection process requires pilots and support officers ( flight surgeon, events coordinator, maintenance officer, supply officer, and public affairs officer ) wishing to become Blue Angels to apply formally via their chain-of-command, with a personal statement, letters of recommendation and flight records.

There have been female and racial minority staff officers as official Blue Angel members, in support of the Blue Angels recruiting for the Navy and Marine Corps.

Members of the 2012 U. S. Navy Blue Angels are:

" His replacement is the Blue Angels ' previous CO, Captain Greg McWherter.

" The Blue Angels ' first public demonstration also netted the team its first trophy, which sits on display at the team's current home at NAS Pensacola.

The show's narrator flies Blue Angel 7, a two-seat F / A-18B Hornet, to show sites.

For the 1957 show season, the Blue Angels transitioned to the supersonic Grumman F11F-1 Tiger, first flying the short-nosed, and then the long-nosed versions.

Doraemon is referenced in the current Blue Man Group show running in Tokyo.

In the mid-1940s, during a depressing lull in his career ( his radio show Blue Ribbon Town had failed, and the Marx Brothers as film performers were well past their prime ), Groucho was scheduled to appear on a radio show with Bob Hope.

Comparing this to a color image of the visible light spectrum will show that " Indigo " corresponds to dark blue, while " Blue " corresponds to cyan.

Alex Aarons signed Ira to write the music for his next show, Two Little Girls in Blue ( written under the pseudonym " Arthur Francis "), ultimately produced by Abraham Erlanger, with co-composers Vincent Youmans and Paul Lannin.

In 2006 he started a new club at the Big Chill House in Kings Cross, London, and did a guest mix for BBC Radio 1's The Blue Room show.

The halftime show was titled " World of Children's Dreams " and featured Tops In Blue, an elite performing tour ensemble consisting of members from the U. S. Air Force.

Blue lines show the planes of simultaneity for the traveling twin during the first leg of the journey ; red lines, during the second leg.

* Jubilee Cave, the longest show cave at Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

* As the show was produced in Toronto, there are numerous references to the city's professional sports teams, the Blue Jays and the Maple Leafs.

* On the sketch show The Armstrong and Miller Show, the sketch that mocks UK children's show Blue Peter, refers to a time capsule, to be dug up in the year 2025.

For the hit Broadway show, " Hot Chocolates ", he and Razaf wrote "( What Did I Do to Be So ) Black and Blue " ( 1929 ), which became a hit for Ethel Waters and Louis Armstrong.

The harlequins, paupers, and clowns of Pablo Picasso's " Blue Period " show the influence of symbolism, and especially of Puvis de Chavannes.

Reggie seems to show journalistic aspirations himself, often working as the editor of the high school paper, Blue and Gold.

He also appeared in the short-lived movie-based action show Blue Thunder.

In 1947 Abbott and Costello moved the show to ABC ( the former NBC Blue Network ).

In 1993 and 1994, Buffalo ( which is located approximately 110 miles southeast of Dallas ) temporarily changed its name to " Blue Star, Texas " during Super Bowl weekend, to show support for the Dallas Cowboys ( who faced the Buffalo Bills both years ; blue is the color of the star on the Cowboys ' helmet ).

For a second set later in the show he did " Too Much " and " When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again ".

* Blue Man Group's theatrical show, " TUBES ", now called " Rewired "

However, they seem to show particular displeasure with the Blue Lantern Corps, going so far as to attempt to forcibly remove the blue ring acquired by Hal Jordan, and when that didn't work attempting to hold him on Oa until such time as it could be removed.

The Blue Crane is partially social, less so during the breeding season.

In 1992, reminiscent of the resurgence which greeted Trebelhorn's arrival in 1987, the Brewers rallied behind the leadership of rookie manager Phil Garner and posted their best record since their World Series year in 1982, finishing the season 92 – 70 and in second place, four games behind that year's eventual World Champion Toronto Blue Jays.

1992 proved to be the end of an era for the Brewers, as teammates Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner, who had been together since 1978 would go their separate ways, as Molitor left the Brewers for the Toronto Blue Jays, Gantner retired, and Yount would only last one more season before retiring in 1993.

After the 1996 season, Clemens left Boston via free agency and joined the Toronto Blue Jays.

Clemens signed a four-year, $ 40 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays after the 1996 season, and won the pitching triple crown and the Cy Young Award in both his seasons in Toronto.

For the 2010 season, Seattle returned to the traditional all " Seahawks Blue " at home and all white on the road.

The Giants, led by quarterback Phil Simms, running back Joe Morris and their " Big Blue Wrecking Crew " defense, advanced to their first Super Bowl after posting a 14-2 regular season record, and only allowing a combined total of 3 points in their two postseason wins.

Although Molitor wanted to remain with Milwaukee when he became a free agent after the 1992 season, the franchise offered him a one year contract with a $ 900, 000 pay cut ( to $ 2. 5 million ), while the Toronto Blue Jays offered a three-year, $ 13 million ($ in current dollar terms ) deal, leading to his signing with the defending World Series champion Blue Jays.

He left the Blue Jays after the season, and joined his hometown Minnesota Twins for the final three seasons of his career, where he acquired his 3, 000th hit.

In 1993 Henderson was having another outstanding season when he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays at the trade deadline.

After that season, long-time manager Butch Hobson left the Pride to take the managerial job with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League, while former Boston Red Sox outfielder Rick Miller was hired as manager in Nashua.

The song ' Texture ' was featured in the episode ' model behaviour ' in the first season of new American drama series Blue Bloods ( aired US 2010 and UK 2011 ).

Starting in the 2012 season, the Carolina Mudcats relocated to Pensacola, Florida to become the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

The Nashville Predators ( which began play in the 1998 – 99 season ), as well as the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild ( which both began play in the 2000 – 01 season ), were the other franchises granted in this round of expansion.

During the offseason, the Lightning traded Fredrik Modin and Fredrik Norrena, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for goaltender Marc Denis, to replace John Grahame, who had served as the Lightning's goaltender throughout most of the 2005 – 06 season, as he left the team, and signed with the Carolina Hurricanes.

On April 8, with a shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Blackhawks clinched their first 100-point season in 17 years.

Chicago skyline with the CNA Center showing the Blackhawks logo, the Smurfit-Stone Building saying Go Hawks and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower saying Hawks win the night after the 2009 – 10 Chicago Blackhawks season | 2009 – 10 Chicago Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, viewed from the Petrillo Music Shell lawn in Grant Park ( Chicago ) | Grant Park

The Blue Jackets finished next-to-last in the NHL in the following season, with only 57 points.

The 2003 – 04 season was another losing season for the Blue Jackets despite key additions in the offseason.