Here’s An Updated Blue Angels Homecoming Show Schedule For Friday And Saturday

November 5, 2021

There’s an updated flight schedule for Friday and Saturday’s Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show performances.

The updated schedule reflects that Airbase Georgia will replace its F4U Corsair with a North American P-51 Mustang, a World War II-era long-range fighter plane, and now includes the addition of a U.S. Navy F-35 Lightning II demonstration to the air show.

The update 2021 Homecoming Air Show performances schedule is:

11:20 National Anthem / Navy TW-5 and TW-6
11:25-11:35 Coast Guard SAR Demo
11:37-11:47 Veteran’s Flight Team in Stearmans
11:49-12:04 Air Force F-22 Raptor
12:06-12:21 Mustang/Kate with Airbase Georgia
12:23-12:38 Rob Holland
12:40-12:55 Aeroshell Team
12:57-1:12 Navy F-35 Lightning II
1:14-1:29 Red Line
1:31-1:46 Skip Stewart
2:00-2:45 Fat Albert and the Blue Angels

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

HS Football Schedule: Florida Regular Season Ends Tonight; Playoffs Begin In Alabama

November 5, 2021

Tonight is the end of the regular season for teams in Florida, and the first round of playoffs for Alabama teams.

Here is tonight’s North Escambia area high school football schedule:

FLORIDA

Arnold at Northview
Tate at Pine Forest
Pace at Washington
Pensacola Catholic at Choctaw
Milton at Fort Walton
Gulf Breeze at Navarre
Escambia 42, Pensacola 7 (Thursday night)
West Florida (bye week)

ALABAMA

Edgewood Academy at Escambia Academy
Flomaton at Montgomery Academy
Hale County at T.R. Miller

Pictured: Tate hosted Niceville last week. NorthEscambia.com photos by William Reynolds, click to enlarge.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Sunny And Cooler Friday, Friday Night Low In The Mid 40s

November 5, 2021

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 66. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 41. North wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 43. North wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind around 5 mph.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 45. Calm wind.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Veterans Day: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Master Gardeners Holding Yard Sale Saturday In Cantonment

November 5, 2021

The Escambia County Master Gardeners are holding an indoor rummage sale.

The doors open at 7 a.m. Saturday at the Escambia County Extension Offce at 3730 Stefani Road in Cantonment.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Partly Sunny, High In The Upper 60s

November 4, 2021

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 68. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 44. North wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 69. North wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 43. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 45.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Here’s The Schedule For The Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show

November 4, 2021

It’s time for the annual Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show at Pensacola Beach.

In addition to the Blue Angels, there will be a selection of world-class military, aerobatic performers overhead on Friday and Saturday.

On Thursday at approximately 1-2 p.m., the Blue Angels will hold a full practice show over Pensacola Beach.

Friday and Saturday mark the official Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show with the aerobatic acts beginning at approximately 11 a.m. and the Blue Angels overhead at 2 p.m.

The 2021 Homecoming Air Show performances include:

11 a.m. – The U.S. Navy Training Air Wing SIX will pass over Pensacola Beach in their T-6A Texan II turboprops and T-45C Goshawk jets to open up the air show. Headquartered in the “Cradle of Naval Aviation” aboard NAS Pensacola, CTW-6 graduates approximately 300 United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Foreign Military Service (FMS) students annually.
11:20 a.m. – A U.S. Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue demonstration will take place over Pensacola Beach from an MH-65D Dolphin medevac helicopter. The SAR aircrew consists of two pilots, one flight mechanic and a rescue swimmer. Depending on the nature of distress, the rescue swimmer deploys via freefall or hoist to provide assistance.
11:40 a.m. – The Veteran’s Flight team, organized by Pensacola attorney and pilot Roy Kinsey, will feature about half a dozen vintage Stearman bi-plane pilots from all over the Southeast flying in the famous World War II-era aircraft.
11:55 a.m. – Airbase Georgia, led by Clint “Richochet” Cottrell, will present a World War II-era American fighter aircraft, the F4U Corsair, as well as a replica Japanese bomber, a Nakajima B5N “Kate,” over the shores of Pensacola Beach. The Corsair and the Kate will recreate, remind and reinforce the lessons learned from the defining moments in American military aviation history.
12:15 p.m. – Solo pilot Rob Holland will push the limits of his single-seat, MXS-RH prop plane to create a visual spectacle like no other over Pensacola Beach.
12:35p.m. – AeroShell Aerobatic Team – consisting of team leader Mark Henley, right-wing pilot Bryan Regan, Steve Gustafson on the left-wing, and slot pilot Jimmy Fordham – will perform a series of loops, rolls, and bomb bursts in close formation in their T-6 Texan aircraft over Pensacola Beach.
12:55 p.m. – Major Joshua “Cabo” Gunderson, with the U.S. Air Force F-22 Demonstration Team, will take to the Pensacola Beach skies to showcase the amazing capabilities of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet that is leading America into the future of aviation technology.
1:15 p.m. – Pilots Ken Rieder and Adam Baker with Redline Aerobatic Team will take to the skies in their signature red and black planes to perform opposing stunts and inverted maneuvers and formations.
1:35 p.m. – Solo pilot Skip Stewart will wow the crowds with his high-skill passes and jaw-dropping maneuvers in his famous red, white and black-checkered bi-plane, Prometheus.

Finally, starting at 2 p.m., look to the Gulf horizon as a famous C-130J aircraft known as Fat Albert arrives over Pensacola Beach, followed by six famous blue and gold F-18 Super Hornets. For the next 50 minutes, spectators will get a glimpse of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels aeronautic maneuvers like the Diamond Dirty Loop, the Double Farvel, the Vertical Pitch, the Fleur-de-Lis, the Opposing Knife-Edge pass, and the crowd-favorite Sneak Pass. These are just a few of the mind-blowing displays of choreographed precision flying the Navy’s flight demonstration team has perfected over the past 75 years.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive

Clouds Tonight, Low Around 50

November 3, 2021

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. North wind around 5 mph.