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The Patriots Jet Team
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The Patriots Jet Team


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One jet produced a red smoke trail
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One jet produced a red smoke trail


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The four jet team flew a tight formation
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The four jet team flew a tight formation


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Blue, white and red smoke lent a patriotic mode
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Blue, white and red smoke lent a patriotic mode


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They performed over a bay filled with boats
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They performed over a bay filled with boats


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The sun glinted off them as turned in unison
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The sun glinted off them as turned in unison


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A single jet flew low over the assembled boats
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A single jet flew low over the assembled boats


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A finale presented with colored smoke
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A finale presented with colored smoke


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Pelicans
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Pelicans


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The Blue Angels lead plane inspected the bay
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The Blue Angels lead plane inspected the bay


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The inspection plane encountered fog
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The inspection plane encountered fog


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A flotilla awaited the Blue Angel performance
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A flotilla awaited the Blue Angel performance


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Some watched sensibly from shore
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Some watched sensibly from shore


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The Noelani tugboat from Honolulu, Hawaii
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The Noelani tugboat from Honolulu, Hawaii


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Recording instruments on the pier end of Van Ness Avenue
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Recording instruments on the pier end of Van Ness Avenue


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A small sloop
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A small sloop


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The first Blue Angel appeared with a roar
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The first Blue Angel appeared with a roar


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A second jet appeared
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A second jet appeared


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Assembeled they circled the bay
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Assembeled they circled the bay


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Over the Bay Bridge
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Over the Bay Bridge


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The six jets flew into the wind
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The six jets flew into the wind


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Just inside the Golden Gate Bridge
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Just inside the Golden Gate Bridge


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They began to emit a smoke trail
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They began to emit a smoke trail


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They banked as one
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They banked as one


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They powered eastward over the bay
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They powered eastward over the bay


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And so ended the show early, called off because of fog
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And so ended the show early, called off because of fog


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A sheriff boat kept the flotilla out of the flyway
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A sheriff boat kept the flotilla out of the flyway


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One man had viewed the show from a rowboat
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One man had viewed the show from a rowboat


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And the gulls could return to their quiet search for food
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And the gulls could return to their quiet search for food


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