Overheard during fleet week practice over the San Francisco Bay;
Nor Cal Approach: Bonanza 1-2-3-4, opposite direction traffic at your 1 o’clock, five miles, five hundred feet above you, Blue Angels flight of two.
Bonanza 1-2-3-4: Negative contact, say again type traffic.
Nor Cal: Two F-18s, blue and yellow. Currently at your one moving to two o’clock … make that three o’clock … um … traffic no longer a factor. Caution, wake turbulence.
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- Air traffic control warned a Bonanza pilot of rapidly approaching Blue Angels (F-18s) during Fleet Week practice.
- The Bonanza pilot was unable to make visual contact due to the extreme speed of the F-18s, which quickly moved out of the immediate vicinity.
- Despite the brief encounter, air traffic control issued a caution for wake turbulence caused by the fast-moving jets.
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