Blue Angels Corvette?
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Burning Brakes
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Blue Angels Corvette?
OK back in the days... like '96ish I visited The US Navy Blue Angels home base and noticed that the pilots were given a C4 painted in blue and yellow sporting the Blue Angels logo on the door/hood. I also read that to this day the pilots have been given a C5 every year painted in Blue and Yellow. So my question is... does anyone have photos or more info on these cars?? Thanks! 
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Burning Brakes
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Thats them! I wish He had gotten closer. The paint scheme is a little interesting... I believe they can do a better job then that. I remember being in aw when I saw the C4's. I think that is the sweetest looking blue next to Lemans Blue of course. I like how each vette carries the pilot's number on the rear quarter. Thanks for the photo. Got any more guys?? 
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I remember reading something about this a long time ago. Wish I had kept the article.
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Originally Posted by ArmyVette
Would love to see pics if they exist but it's against DoD policy for military members to accept gifts. Sounds like a good story but it's unlikely.
Sorry.
Sorry.
The pilots probably don't/didn't own them, they were just allowed to drive them.
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Originally Posted by ArmyVette
Would love to see pics if they exist but it's against DoD policy for military members to accept gifts. Sounds like a good story but it's unlikely.
Sorry.
Sorry.
- IANAL, I just live in a Navy town.
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
I saw a story on the Blue Angels on the Discovery Channel last night but they never said anything about those cars! 
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I just sent an e-mail to the Blue Angels Public Affairs office asking for information about the existence of the aforementioned Corvettes.
Hopefully I will receive a prompt reply or they will post info directly to this forum.
Hopefully I will receive a prompt reply or they will post info directly to this forum.
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Originally Posted by FLACHUSNRET
I just sent an e-mail to the Blue Angels Public Affairs office asking for information about the existence of the aforementioned Corvettes.
Hopefully I will receive a prompt reply or they will post info directly to this forum.
Hopefully I will receive a prompt reply or they will post info directly to this forum.
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Since early in the space program Nasa astronauts got Corvettes to drive around as “courtesy” cars. They got new ones every year. Still happens today, there are about a dozen laying around the space center in Texas and Florida at any given time. No special paint schemes I’ve noticed. I do photo work for NASA and see them all the time.
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From: Colorful Colorado
Originally Posted by DickieC.99
That was only part ONE of FOUR. Would be cool if the vettes do get mentioned. I thought it was a pretty cool special either way....
Did you notice that they were all driving silver Monte Carlos in last nights episode?
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Originally Posted by junkmn
Did you notice that they were all driving silver Monte Carlos in last nights episode?
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Judging by the background of the photos, they were taken at an airshow. Most of the time when we had the Thunderbirds or Blue Angels at our base for an airshow, the "stars" of the show were provided with "courtesey cars" for the weekend. Usually they were provided by one of the show's sponsors. A couple of times the sponsor was someone like "New England Chevy Dealers" or something like that and the cars were Corvettes or Camaros.
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