Former Dallas Cowboys Darrell Johnston Flies with the Blue Angels

Darrell Johnston had the privilege of getting to ride shot gun in a Blue Angel F-18 Hornet at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth Wednesday afternoon. Very Jealous. 

Blue Angel #7 Crew Chief Daniel Pascual teaches former Dallas Cowboy Darrell Johnston a anti-G force breathing exercise during a preflight briefing at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Tx., Wednesday October 27, 2010. (Brandon Wade)

Blue Angel Crew Chief #7 Daniel Pascual helps former Dallas Cowboy Darrell Johnston put on his flight helmet at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Tx., Wednesday October 27, 2010. (Brandon Wade)

Former Dallas Cowboy Darrell Johnston gives the thumbs up letting everyone know that he's ready for his flight with with the Blue Angels at Alliance airport in Fort Worth, Tx., Wednesday October 27, 2010. (Brandon Wade)

Former Dallas Cowboy Darrell Johnston flies with Blue Angel Lt. C.J. Simonsen at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Tx., Wednesday October 27, 2010. (Brandon Wade)

Blue Angel Lt. C.J. Simonsen performs a low transition, pulling 7.3 G's straight up right after takeoff, with former Dallas Cowboy Darrell Johnston along for the ride at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Tx., Wednesday October 27, 2010. (Brandon Wade)

Blue Angel pilot Lt. C.J. Simonsen and former Dallas Cowboy Darrell Johnston after their flight at Alliance airport in Fort Worth, Tx., Wednesday October 27, 2010. (Brandon Wade)

Blue Angel pilot Lt. C.J. Simonsen and former Dallas Cowboy Darrell Johnston speak to the media after their flight at Alliance airport in Fort Worth, Tx., Wednesday October 27, 2010. (Brandon Wade)

Blue Angel Lt. C.J. Simonsen and Darrell Johnston after their flight at Alliance airport in Fort Worth, Tx., Wednesday October 27, 2010. (Brandon Wade)

Steve Harvey Mentoring Weekend, American Airline Pilots and Mechanics Volunteer

Saturday I covered Steve Harvey's mentoring program at American Airlines maintenance base at Alliance airport. About 100 African-American teenagers met pilots and mechanics and toured exhibits by the airline, the Navy and the Air Force. Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/06/19/2277771/american-airlines-comedian-join.html#ixzz0rRQeqP60

Steve Harvey speaks to the 100 young black teenagers, he and other volunteers are mentoring this weekend at American Airlines Maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport, about how if they work hard that they could have a career in the aviation industry Saturday, June 19, 2010.American Airlines mechanics deplane a Boeing 777 and make their entrance into the company's maintenance hanger at American Airlines maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport Saturday, June 19, 2010. Pilots and Mechanics volunteered to help mentor 100 young black teenagers for the Steve Harvey Foundation. Tuskegee Airman Don Elden, left, and historian C.B. Rice, right, volunteered to help mentor 100 young black teenagers at American Airlines maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport Saturday, June 19, 2010. Jerid Flowers, 15, checks out the cockpit of an American Airlines Boeing 777 at American Airlines maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport Saturday, June 19, 2010.

Taje Oliver, 13, listens as American Airlines first officer John Arthur Threadgill talks about how he got started in the aviation industry, flying a Cessna at the age of 14, at American Airlines maintenance base at Fort Worth Alliance airport Saturday, June 19, 2010. Oliver said that after hearing what Threadgill and other maintenance personal had to say, that he now might consider a career as a aviation mechanic or engineer.