Blue Angels Soar

July 12, 2009

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Tens of thousands of people — many of them from the North Escambia area — packed Pensacola Beach Saturday for the annual Blue Angels air show.

The main parking lot at Casino Beach was full by 7 a.m., and the parking lots at Fort Pickens and Quietwater Beach were full by 10. At one point, traffic was reported to be backed up from the beach all the way back to the Pensacola Civic Center.

Despite the large crowds, emergency officials reported few problems. About half dozen people were transported to the hospital, and deputies said they made just a handful of arrests.

Click here for more photos from the Blue Angels over Pensacola Beach from Mike Newton, Alisa Hart and Brandy Gafford.

Pictured above: The Blue Angels over Pensacola Beach Saturday afternoon. Pictured below: Thousands packed Pensacola Beach as seen in this photo from the Hilton. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com by Alisa Hart and Brandy Gafford for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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Comments

5 Responses to “Blue Angels Soar”

  1. nut hill mom on July 15th, 2009 2:14 pm

    omg!!!! we were there on friday afternoon, the blues are AMAZING!!! i had never seem them in action befor…it left me speachless.

    traffic was crazy leaving the beach on friday…i cant even think of how it was on saturday!

  2. Lynn on July 13th, 2009 11:44 am

    Well they did a great job for sure!!

  3. William on July 13th, 2009 11:37 am

    Lynn — I wanted to point out that I did not take any of these pictures. They were taken by Alisa Hart, Brandy Gafford and Mike Newton.

  4. Lynn on July 13th, 2009 11:29 am

    Great pictures, William. You must have some mighty fine equipment in order to get such clear and close pictures!!

  5. J.Larry Seale on July 12th, 2009 8:18 am

    Sure seem funny that the North Escambia.com has
    GREAT !!! pictures compared to the (so-call) newspaper
    of Pensacola !!!!!!!!!

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