Blue Angels: A Portrait of Gold [Hardcover]

Brian Shul (Author), David Salcedo (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Mach One; First Edition edition (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929823400
• ISBN-13: 978-0929823409
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 10.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,457,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the blue angels-pride,perfectionism,teamwork,and fun, October 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Angels: A Portrait of Gold (Hardcover)

This book shows the reader scenes that we can only imagine, until Mr. Shul shared these beautiful images of the Blues with us. This book shows you the hard work and teamwork and constant concentration required to be one of the team. Takes us through an entire season with the team and shows how the team comes together through hard work and alot of trust in each other. These men are incredible pilots..... and they are also real true "Blue" Men in the finest sense of the word. Not to mention.......they have great senses of humor. Kept me laughing from start to end.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most comprehensive Blue Angel book yet!, August 11, 1998

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This review is from: Blue Angels: A Portrait of Gold (Hardcover)

Brian Shul hits a homerun with his picture and fact-filled book about the Blue Angels. I'm doing research for a potential Blue Angels movie and Shul's first hand account of a Blue Angel show season is the most comprehensive book I have found yet. Shul spends an entire show season with the Blues and describes what its like to fly backseat in the heart pounding solo jet as well as the graceful but critical #4 slot position. In between pages and pages of important and interesting facts about the Blues, Shul also describes life off the flightline; right down to where and how the Blues workout and what they eat between debriefings and practice flights. Short of spending an entire year with the Blues yourself, Shul's "Portrait of Gold" is the closest you'll get! Great job Brian Shul.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive work on the Blue Angels, March 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Angels: A Portrait of Gold (Hardcover)

The author spent the entire 1994 show season touring with the squadron. The book is full of awesome color photographs, many of which were taken from the back seat of the #7 jet during air shows. These kinds of photographs really bring home the extent of the precision that the Blue Angels fly with on a daily basis. The insights that Shul shares into the daily operations of the squadron make the reader feel like he is a part of the team. As a measuring stick of the depth of the work, I have had the privilege to know two Blue Angels pilots personally and have watched more than 100 Blue Angels performances in my life, yet this book was able to tell me facts about the Blue Angels I didn't know. I received the book as a Father's Day gift and read it cover to cover before going to bed that night. An absolute must-have for any true Blue Angels fan.