Weightlessness and mid-air feats as the Blue Angels prep for Bethpage Air Show

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Of the hundreds of air shows in the United States, the fifth largest is here in our region.

The Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is this weekend, and on Friday, the headliners of the show did their practice flights for the event. The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels are best known for their seven fighter jets, and the aerobatics they perform. However, they couldn't do any of it without their eighth plane -- a C-130 cargo aircraft that does some remarkable maneuvering of its own.