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FSX 1946 Navy Flight Demo Team F6F-5 Hellcat. The Blue Angels is the United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron, with aviators from the Navy and Marines. They debuted in 15 June 1946 under Lieutenant Commander Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris, a World War II fighter ace. He had assembled and trained a flight demonstration team, as Officer-in-Charge and Flight Leader. Voris selected three fellow instructors to join him (Lt. Maurice "Wick" Wickendoll, Lt. Mel Cassidy, and Lt. Cmdr. Lloyd Barnard, veterans of the War in the Pacific), and they spent countless hours developing their show. Lt Cmdr. Voris led a trio of Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats, specially modified to reduce weight in standard sea blue but with gold leaf trim, through their inaugural 15-minute-long performance at their home base, NAS Jacksonville. These are accurately colored and marked F6F-5 textures for the Vertigo Studios, F6F collection. By Mark Powell.