Coming in from;	Photo (Where it was taken)	Performance	Aircraft Number	Smoke	Notes and tips for photography
Runway used	(NAF Lemoore)	Fat Albert JATO takeoff	C130	No	Takeoff with the rocket boost. Not much need for great focal length. I never had exposure problems with the flame from rocket.
Opposite to runway used	(Andrews AFB)	Fat Albert flat pass	C130	No	High-speed flat pass.
Runway used	(Andrews AFB)	Fat Albert landing	C130	No	After landing, shows a reverse taxi. Watch for the US national flag.
-	(Andrews AFB)	Walk down	123456	Check	Very neat indeed. If you have the dark blue aircraft taking large space in your frame, better results with the exposure offset about 1 stops to dark side.
Runway used	(Stockton)	Diamond half Cuban 8 after takeoff or Burner loop after takeoff	1234	Yes	Don't forget to reset the exposure offset. If making a loop, very nice view when aircrafts passed the top.
Runway used	(NAS Lemoore)	Dirty roll on takeoff	5	Yes	Note the high takeoff angle of attack. Recently number 6 performs at the same time with vertical climb on takeoff.
Runway used	(MCAS Miramar)	Vertical climb on takeoff	6	No	Pulls into vertical at the end of runway. Recently number 5 performs at the same time with dirty roll on takeoff.
Rear right	(Stockton)	Blue Angels diamond	1234	Yes	Fly only 3 feet apart. Better view if you offset to right or left from show center.
Left & Rignt	(Stockton)	Opposing knife edge pass	56	Yes	Number 6, coming from right, is closer to you.
Right	(Stockton)	Diamond roll	1234	Yes	A formation roll. It is nice but a delta roll seen later is nicer.
Left & Rignt	(SF Fleetweek)	Opposing inverted to inverted roll	56	Yes	Because it is rolling when crossing each other, photos may not show up with 2 aircraft inverted at the same time.
Left	(Stockton)	Diamond aileron roll	1234	Yes	Better with videos than photos.
Right	(Stockton)	The fortus	56	No	A bit far away - need ultra long focal length lens.
Left	(MCAS Miramar)	The diamond dirty loop	1234	No	Top of loop is nice but too small for photos.
Left	(SF Fleetweek)	Minimum radius afterburner turn	5	No	After the turn, watch out for number 6 who pass behind you to catch up with the 5.
Right	(Stockton)	Double farbel	1234	Yes	Two up side down and two right side up.
Rear	(Stockton)	Opposing minimum radius turn	56	Yes	Coming from rear, makes 2 opposing passes.
Rear right	(NAS Lemoore)	Echelon Parade	1234	Yes	Better view if you offset to right or left from show center.
Left & Rignt	(SF Fleet Week)	Opposing horizontal roll	56	Yes	I was not able to take photo of this one - the photo is of tuckaway cross performed in the past.
Front left	(Reno Airrace)	Left echelon roll	1234	Yes	The smoke trails look nice, but do not watch them too long as the next act is a surprise.
Left	(MCAS Miramar)	Sneakpass (lead solo)	5	No	50 feet (15m) from deck at 700mph (1100km/h) Note the spectators are looking at wrong direction. If you are at the waterfront show, watch the water surface!
Rear	(MCAS Miramar)	Sneakpass (opposing solo)	6	Yes	Right after number 5 passed you, number 6 comes in from behind and pulls into vertical.
Right	(Stockton)	5 plane line abreast loop	12345	Yes	Best shot right before resuming to horizontal.
Left & Rignt	(NAS Lemoore)	Opposing four point hesitation roll	56	Yes	Number 5 coming in from left is closer to you.
Rear	(SF Fleet Week)	Diamond vertical break	1234	Yes	Fairly simple break.
Left & Rignt	(Stockton)	Square loop	56	Yes	Aircrafts oppose each other 2 times. First time, number 5 from left is closer to you. Second time, number 5 from right is closer to you.
Left	(Andrews AFB)	Tuck under formation	1234	Yes	Makes nice smoke trails. Can view all angles of the Hornet.
Right	(NAS Lemoore)	The section high alpha pass	56	Yes, later No	Performance introduced to show the slow flying capabilities.
Front	(NAS Lemoore)	Parallel break	1234	Yes	You will be seeing the break from side, while formation moves from right to left.
Right	(Stockton)	Double tuck over roll	56	Yes	Too small for photos.
Right	(NAS Lemoore)	Delta roll	123456	Yes	Very nice.
Left	(NAS Lemoore)	Fleur de lys	123456	Yes	Makes interesting smoke trails.
Right	(Andrews AFB)	Delta vertical break	123456	No, later Yes	You can use both ultra long focal length lens and wide angle lens.
All	(SF Fleetweek)	Six plane cross	123456	Yes	It is actually combination of 2 planes facing each other at 3 different altitude levels.
Runway used	(Salinas)	Pitch up break	123456	Yes, later No	Best when boss first leave the formation.
Runway used	(MCAS Miramar)	Landing and taxi back	123456	No	Lands one by one, taxi back in 3 pairs.
-	(Andrews AFB)	Walk back	123456	No	Similar scene to walk down.
-	(Salinas)	Autograph session	-	-	Good time to ask questions to the pilots.

	Diamond makes a horizontal turn after takeoff. Photo taken at Stockton Airshow in 1998.
	This performance (forgot the name) was seen instead of the Tuckaway Cross during the year 2000 show season. Photo taken at MCAS Miramar airshow. Has the Tuckaway cross been banned because of safety?
	Diamond formation fly toward the crowds before making a Parallel break. Now they do not break while flying towards you. Photo taken at 1999 MCAS Miramar Airshow.
	Two solo planes fly close to the spectators before making a landing. Very rare performance I've seen only once, but it was really great. Photo taken at 1998 Stockton Airshow.
	Very impressive diamond Landing as seen at 1999 MCAS Miramar Airshow. Plane in the rear touch down first, boss touch the ground last.

	Only 2 of the 4 JATO rockets are lit on the port side. A shot taken few seconds later shows all rockets firing normally. Photo taken during 1998 MCAS Miramar Airshow.
	Just before starting taxi, No.2 plane seems to have an alarm flashing in the cockpit. Ground crews gather around to replace module, while the pilot opens canopy. Note the pilot has his "hands up" to make sure he does not touch any switches. The problem did not go away, and the show proceeded using No.7 two seater backup aircraft.
	Blue Angels No.2 pilot was grounded during the 1999 NAS Lemoore Airshow (Later on the pilot left the team) The formation seems nothing but "Triangle" or "Small Delta" but the narrator kept on saying it is "Blue Angels Diamond"! Photo taken at 2000 MCAS Miramar Airshow.
	An unidentified civilian aircraft entered the airshow airspace, so the Blue Angels temporally stopped its performance and passed high above with the very loose diamond formation.
	Photo taken during 1997 Salinas Airshow. Missing one aircraft due to malfunction. In fact this was the Blue Angels performance I ever saw in my life, and I did not notice this was irregular because the formation is symmetrical.
	Year 2000 NAS Lemoore airshow: #7 flew in #4 position, #4 flew in #6 position and #6 did not fly (how complicated!)
	#6 aircraft (actually using #7 two seater) left the delta formation to take photos of this beautiful scene. Photo taken during 1998 San Francisco Fleet Week practice day.
	This photo was taken few seconds after the photo above. Formation is now making right turn, and you can see more clearly that the #6 position is absent. Now, take a look at #5 aircraft (lowest plane in the photo).... There is no smoke coming out ! Did he run out?