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Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis died doing what he loved and what he did best flying high above the Earth with his fellow Navy Blue Angels, a Catholic priest told mourners in a community prayer service Thursday.</p>
<p>Although many at the service did not know the 32-year-old Pittsfield, Mass., native, all were touched by the Blue Angels, said Monsignor James Flaherty of the Pensacolas Holy Spirit Catholic Church....
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Navy Blue Angels Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis was remembered in his hometown Friday as an ambitious young man whose long-held dream of becoming a pilot ended too soon.</p>
<p>Davis, 32, was killed last week when the F/A-18 Hornet jet he piloted as a member of the Blue Angels team crashed during an air show in Beaufort, S.C....
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The Navys Blue Angels roared above Pensacola Naval Air Station on Monday, twisting and falling in formation just nine days after a pilots death at a South Carolina air show.</p>
<p>The teams first practice following the April 21 death of Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis concluded with a fly over by the Air Force Thunderbirds, who honored Davis by flying in missing man formation....
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A former Navy Blue Angels pilot has returned to fill the slot held by a pilot killed at a South Carolina air show, team officials said Thursday.</p>
<p>Lt. Cmdr. Craig Olson, 37, of Kirkland, Wash., will practice with the team for several weeks before joining at air show performances, said Cmdr. Kevin Mannix, the teams squadron commander. Olson flew with the Blue Angels from 2003 to 2005....
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After 21 years as a U.S. Navy pilot, his career boasting nearly 900 aircraft carrier landings and air combat during the first Gulf War, tragedy comes as no surprise to Cmdr. Kevin Mannix.</p>
<p>That includes last months fatal crash of a fellow Blue Angels pilot during a show in South Carolina....
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<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>
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After being grounded following a fatal crash last month, the Blue Angels have confirmed that they'll perform during the Naval Academy's Commissioning Week later this month.</p>
<p>The Blue Angels continued practicing but stopped making public appearances immediately after the April 21 crash that killed a pilot....
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<p>Blue Angels' performance wows thousands</p>
<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>
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The Blue Angels soared over Annapolis yesterday, dropping jaws and putting cricks in necks as thousands watched the team perform precision aerobatic feats.</p>
<p>The show brought droves of spectators to the Naval Academy, many of whom picnicked in the infield of Ingram Field, the school's track, to watch the six jets roll, loop, dive and thrill in a 45-minute performance over the Severn River....
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The Navys investigation into Aprils crash of a Blue Angels F/A-18C Hornet that killed one pilot was completed in June, but the Chief of Naval Air Training in Corpus Christi, Texas, has now twice delayed the public release of the mishap inquiry.</p>
<p>Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis, 32, of Pittsfield, Mass, was killed April 21 when his jet crashed into a wooded residential area near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. He crashed as he attempted to reform in formation with his five squadron-mates at the end of an air show....
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Darting across the sky at more than 700 mph while cradled in an ejection seat-equipped Navy Blue Angel fighter was a once-in-a-lifetime thrill.</p>
<p>Too bad I missed parts of it.</p>
<p>It wasnt being shot nearly straight up into the air, performing topsy-turvy maneuvers or flying upside down that did me in. It was when the Marine Corps pilot tested my mettle by subjecting me to G-forces experienced regularly by the Blue Angels....
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<p>Davis died after failing to tense abs to counter G-forces</p>
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A crash that killed a Blue Angels pilot during an air show April 21 was caused by a Navy pilot making a sharper-than-normal turn to catch up with his five squadron mates and then failing to take steps to prevent blood from rushing from his brain during the maneuver, according to a report released Monday.</p>
<p>Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis, flying in his seventh Blue Angels show, was attempting to rejoin a formation at the end of a Blue Angels performance when he crashed his F/A-18 into a wooded residential area about three miles west of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.</p>
<p>Those forces caused by the maneuver — 6.7 Gs — were within the range expected for that maneuver, but their quick onset left Davis temporarily disoriented....
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<p>That was a very sad day. I don't understand why they don't wear G-suits.</p>