“The Navy Blue Angels were back home Monday to regroup and mourn the loss of one of their pilots, killed in a crash while performing in one of his first air shows with the team. Witnesses said the plane clipped a stand of pine trees before it went down in a South Carolina neighborhood Saturday. Investigators were still examining the wreckage, and the Navy said it could be three weeks or more before it announces what caused of the crash. At the Pensacola Naval Air Station, Lt. Cmdr. Kevin J. Davis’s parking space was turned into a makeshift memorial with flowers and posters remembering the 32-year-old pilot. … The crash happened as the team was performing its final maneuver. The six pilots were joining from behind the crowd of thousands to form a triangle shape known as a delta, but Davis’ jet did not join the formation. Moments later, it crashed just outside Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, hitting homes in a neighborhood about 35 miles northwest of Hilton Head Island, S.C.” (04/23/07)