As the sun set Saturday, 17 April, on the Yorktown, the entire Blue Angels team (officer and enlisted) converged on Hangar Deck 3 to meet and greet our weekend campers! Every pilot, except LT C. J. Simonsen (who was doing a maintenance hop getting a jet ready for Sunday's performance), showed up to talk with the scouts and sign autographs. The Blues met with the scouts for about 1 hour on Saturday evening and I think many scouts had a hard time sleeping after watching the Blues in action earlier in the day and then meeting them face-to-face on Yorktown. Many of the Blue Angels team had been a scout growing up. A great day for the Blues and the Boy Scouts. Who knows, perhaps one of the scouts on Yorktown this weekend will one day fly as a Blue Angel...
