I was at an event up at a hangar at the Billings airport recently...the hangar door was open so I could look out and see the runway, the wide open plains, and the pine trees off in the distance...and it took me back to one year ago and the incredible air show featuring the US Navy's Blue Angels.

As one of only two media people in Billings, I had the incredible honor of flying in the back seat with the US Navy's Blue Angels before the Yellowstone International Air Show.

The best part? Aside from the takeoff straight into the sky...the best part was clearly the near dozen spins in the air as we pulled 7.3 G's over the Big Sky Speedway. (I even joked during the flight that we were flying right over top of Paul Mushaben's ranch. He saw us!) Another favorite highlight was when we flipped upside down and flew upside down practically right over the top of the vehicles travelling northbound between Billings and Roundup.

Here's what I wrote after that flight last year.

Unbelievably Incredible Flight w/ The Blue Angels Over Billings

"Just to get a chance to shake hands with Blue Angels like Lcdr Thomas Zimmerman, the #7 pilot for the Blue Angels, and see the F18 up close is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. But then to get strapped into the backseat, put on a Blue Angels helmet, rocket straight into the sky immediately after takeoff, and eventually pull 7.3 G's...how else can you describe what you were just able to take part in?"

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I know there is talk of another air show in Billings featuring the Blue Angels again sometime in the near future- we can't wait!