Three Things I Didn't Know About the Blue Angels

The 10% fatality rate:  "...26 Blue Angels pilots have been killed in air show or training accidents...there have been 262 pilots in the squadron's history, giving the job a 10% fatality rate."

The part about not bothering with G-Suits:  "The Blue Angels do not wear G-suits, because the air bladders inside them would repeatedly deflate and inflate. That would interfere with the control stick between a pilot's legs. Instead, Blue Angel pilots tense their stomach muscles and legs to prevent blood from rushing from their heads and rendering them unconscious."  (How they maneuver the control sticks past their gigantic brass balls is not explained.)

They will fly new aircraft this season.