<P> Pilots maneuver the flight stick with their right hand and operate the throttle with their left . They do not wear G - suits because the air bladders inside repeatedly deflate and inflate, interfering with that stability . To prevent blood from pooling in their legs, Blue Angel pilots have developed a method for tensing their muscles to prevent blood from pooling in their lower extremities, possibly rendering them unconscious . </P> <P> Formed as the Flight Exhibition Team in March 1946 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida by Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Chester Nimitz, in an effort to raise awareness of naval aviation and boost morale . The team performed their first flight demonstration on June 15, 1946 in Grumman F6F - 5 Hellcat aircraft . The squadron was officially redesignated as the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron in December 1974 . </P> <P> The Blue Angels name was suggested by Right Wing Pilot Lt. Maurice "Wick" Wickendoll after reading about the Blue Angel nightclub in The New Yorker magazine . The first official Blue Angels team insignia or "crest" was designed in 1949 by Flight Leader Lt. Cmdr . Raleigh "Dusty" Rhodes . The aircraft silhouettes change as the team changes aircraft . </P> <P> Originally, demonstration aircraft were navy blue (nearly black) with gold lettering . The current shades of blue and yellow were adopted when the team transitioned to the Bearcat in 1946 . For a single year, in 1949, the team performed in an all - yellow scheme with blue markings . </P>

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