For Blue Angels pilot, KC Air Show is chance to perform for home crowd
Lt. Cmdr. Lance Benson grew up in Kansas Share Updated: 4:54 PM CDT Jul 1, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff
Lt. Cmdr. Lance Benson grew up in Kansas Share Updated: 4:54 PM CDT Jul 1, 2021
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Show Transcript THE BLUE ANGELS ARE HERE AND IT’S A HOMECOMING FOR ONE OF THE ELITE PILOTS THE REAL SHOW OF AEROBATICS WILL BE THIS WEEKEND, BUT EVEN THE ARRIVAL OF THE BLUE ANGELS AT NEW CENTURY AIR CENTER IS ENOUGH TO TAKE YOUR BREATHEWA A ONE OF THE PILOTS, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LANCE BENSON GREW UP IN KANSAS AND CAN’T WAIT TO PERFORM FOR A HOMERO. C LAST YEAR WAS A VERY SLOWLY AR SLOW YEAR. I THINK OUR ENTIRE TMEA EXIT EXCITED TO GET THIS THING GOING AGAIN. KELLY: THE K-STATE GRADUATE SAYS GOING TO AIR SHOWS AS A CHILIS WHAT INSPIRED HIM TO BE A PILOT. HE HOPES THIS WEEKEND’S PERFORMANCES WILL HAVE THAT SAME AFFE. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE, HERE TO INSPIRE THE N
The sign atop the sand dune has a clear warning for all passing by: “Dune Protection Area. Do Not Enter.” Yet several TV cameramen and reporters did just that while covering the Fort Lauderdale Air Show over the weekend. A horrified onlooker snapped photos all day Saturday of the camera crews standing on the roped off sand dune amid fragile sea oats, then shared the photos with local officials .