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Bill Wheat shares stories from his time with Blue Angels
While the Blue Angels were flying over northwest Florida for their annual July show, not all Blue Angel pilots were in the skies.
Bill Wheat, a Navarre resident, was watching from the comfort of a chair.
The Blue Angels team for 1968 shows CDR Bill Wheat, Boss (center) the pilot of aircraft number 1. Other team members are LCDR Bud Jourden, LT Bill Worley, LT Fred Wilson, LT Hal Loney, LT John Akin, LT John Allen, LT Red Hubbard, LT Rick Adams, LT Rick Millson, LT Smokey Tolbert, Capt Vince Donile and CW2 Bill Thornhill.
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