Channel 9’s Martha Sugalski flies with Blue Angels

Channel 9 anchor Martha Sugalski was granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience what the Blue Angels pilots do every day and soar to new heights.

Sugalski said she “had the honor” of going up — straight up, actually — with Lt. Julius Bratton on Wednesday afternoon from Orlando-Melbourne International Airport.

The 40-minute flight included some barrel rolls and loops. It took them over Cape Canaveral and the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center — all while hitting 7.3 Gs.

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“And no, I did not pass out, and I did not need the barf bags,” Sugalski said during Wednesday’s newscast.

The flight took place ahead of the Great Florida Air Show happening this weekend.

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Channel 9 anchor Martha Sugalski was granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience what the Blue Angels pilots do every day, and soar to new heights.

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Hear about her full experience on Thursday beginning at 4 on Channel 9 Eyewitness News.