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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:02 [LASER FIRE]
00:03 First time you take off, you got to push the I Believe button.
00:10 [LASER FIRE]
00:11 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:13 I fell in love with aviation at four years old.
00:18 My dad took me to an air show, and I
00:20 got to watch the Blanders fly for the very first time.
00:22 This year, we're bringing five new people into this team.
00:25 Something I never thought was actually going to happen.
00:27 It's one in a million.
00:28 [LASER FIRE]
00:30 We only have three months to get to a point
00:32 where we can take it on the road.
00:34 It can be frustrating at times.
00:35 The challenge is to get the newbies up to speed,
00:37 and that can be scary.
00:38 [LASER FIRE]
00:40 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:41 When you're flying 12 inches apart,
00:44 everybody's lives are in each other's hands.
00:46 It's an eye opener for how inherently dangerous
00:49 this job is.
00:50 Ready, roll hat.
00:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:53 [SCREAMING]
00:56 [LASER FIRE]
00:57 [INAUDIBLE]
00:59 Every once in a while, the jets just kind of freeze.
01:02 And the world around you seems to spin.
01:06 To make six jets fly as one, that's the Blue Angel magic.
01:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:11 I just pinched myself.
01:14 We get a chance to be part of it.
01:15 (SINGING) With all these things that I've done.
01:25 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:30 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:33 (upbeat music)
01:36 you