MAGA media and Trump administration officials have heaped praise on a pilot with the Navy’s Blue Angels who pulled off a dangerously close fly-by over spectators on Pensacola Beach last week. The pilot himself seems to regret the low pass that sent beach gear and sand flying, telling his local congresswoman he never intended to buzz the crowd.
Rep. Michelle Salzman, R-Fla., shared her side of a conversation with the pilot in a post to Facebook on Friday. She said that the Navy precision-flyer was shaken up by a clearly dangerous maneuver that he made in error.