How much would it cost to fly back seat with the Navy Blue Angels?
You cannot buy a ride with either the Blue Angels or the Thunderbirds. You may make a request to the public information officer for a ride for yourself or someone else but who rides with them is determined by how best will it serve the image of their respective branches and the USA in general. If they OK the ride you’re given a physical and briefing then you get about 1/2 hour of flight time in their 2-seater. Both Demostration Squadrons offer rides to personalities of note; news reporters; politicians; Guber from Mayberry RFD flew with the Blue Angels. In short you need to give them a reason that will shine but the policy for now is nobody buys rides with either team. There are civilian flight services where you can purchase rides in various vintage jets and prop-driven ex-military aircraft and in Russia you can indeed purchase a ride in their latest aircraft but again, as far as I know you cannot purchase a ride with any of their 3 demostration teams; The Knights, The Swifts and the
