Fleet Week Airshow at Pier 39
On October 10, 2026 we went with a group from the Villages Hiking Club to Pier 39 in San Francisco to watch the airshow assocated with Fleet Week.
An L-39 Albatros aircraft
F22 raptor stealth fighter jet
Climbing to heaven
F22 Raptor
F22 Raptor jet firing decoy flares. In combat the flares are used to draw enemy antiaircraft missiles away from the plane.
F22 Raptor and P51D Mustang flying behind yacht
F22 Raptor and P51D Mustang flying over the Skystar ferris wheel
F22 Raptor and seagull perform aerial stunts
F22 raptor
An acrobatic aerobatic maneuver with an MSX aerobatic aircraft
Blue Angels
The headliner for the aerial show was the Navy Blue Angel precision flying team. To leave a white contrail the pilots pump a specialized smoke oil into their hot exhaust
The Blue Angels in their six aircraft Delta formation.
Blue Angels flying in formation behind the Skystar ferris wheel
Blue Angels flying in formation behind the Skystar ferris wheel
Blue Angels in precision formation framed by the Pier 39 arch
Two Blue Angels in close formation with one upside down
Four Blue Angels in formation with 2 upside down behind a construction crane
The traditional Blue Angel starburst breakout pattern
The Blue Angels starburst framed by the Pier 39 arch
The Blue Angels framed by the Pier 39 arch
