NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels gave two Maryland community figures the ride of a lifetime Tuesday ahead of this weekend’s Naval Air Station Patuxent River Air Show.
On June 16, 2026, the Blue Angels flew Maria Derisavi, the 90th Miss Maryland, and Luke McFadden, a Chesapeake Bay waterman and social media creator, during flights launched from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.
The flights came as Southern Maryland prepares for the NAS Patuxent River Air Show, scheduled for June 19-21.
McFadden, a first-generation commercial fisherman from Pasadena, traded his waders for a flight suit before taking off in a Blue Angels F/A-18 Super Hornet. Before the flight, aircrew conducted a final inspection of the jet on the Pax River flight line…