Blue impulse training to draw the first Olympics using color smoke

Blue Impulse First Color Smoke Using Olympics Drawing Training March 13 17:58

At the Air Self Defense Force base in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, where the torch of the Tokyo Olympics arrives one week later, training to draw five rings in the sky was performed for the first time using colored smoke in accordance with the arrival of the torch.

As the Tokyo Olympics torch arrives at the Air Self Defense Force Matsushima base in Higashi Matsushima on 20th of this month, the flight team's Blue Impulse will draw five rings, the Olympic symbol, in the sky. I will do it.

On the 13th, the training was disclosed to the press and a member of the Air Self-Defense Force leader, Yoshinari Marumoge, Chief of Staff, visited the site.

In the training, for the first time, five colors of "color smoke" were used, and all five aircraft were drawn at a height of 1500 meters above the sky at a height of 1,200 meters each, forming a symbol of the Olympic Games.

Around the Matsushima base, many people photographed five rings drawn in the sky.

After the inspection, Chief of Staff Aviation Marumo said, "It was a cloudy sky, but I think we were able to draw a beautiful Olympics. We want to prepare for the actual production."

"I feel great pleasure in being able to do the exhibition flight. The Matsushima base is now thanks to the people who have walked together, so I brought a smile through the exhibition flight. I want to give back. "

Chief of Staff "I will do my best to succeed"

As the new coronavirus spreads around the world, President Trump of the United States said that the Tokyo Olympics "may be better postponed for one year", and that the Air Self-Defense Force's top Marushige said that there is a concern that it will be held as scheduled. Yoshinari Aviation Chief of Staff said, `` I know that there are a lot of voices, but we think we only need to prepare for the torch arrival ceremony on this month. Was.

He said, "I feel the public's expectations, and I hope we can help make the exhibition flight successful and create a bright atmosphere."

In Higashimatsushima where the torch arrives

The Tokyo Olympic torch heard about President Trump's remarks in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture, the first place to arrive in Japan.

A 70-year-old man from Higashimatsushima City said, "I think it's better not to postpone taking into account the people who bought the tickets and the excitement of the tournament. I hope that the infection will end as soon as possible."

A woman in her 60s living in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, stricken by the Great East Japan Earthquake, said, `` I would like to see the world in the stricken area where reconstruction is progressing through the arrival of the torch and the tournament. I don't want you to stop or postpone it, I don't want you to be light and say that kind of thing. "