Sean on Good Day LA this morning

Sean talks about Run3rd and the LA Marathon, of course, but we also see video of Sean in the cockpit of the Blue Angles F/A-18 Hornet!

Sean Astin Paces Himself For The Big Run: MyFoxLA.com

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Sean talks about #run3rd on Access Hollywood

Sean appeared on Access Hollywood this morning to talk about his #Run3rd project.

Sean Astin tells how much running has meant to him in his life, but it’s mostly been a solitary sport for him. Plus, how is he using the Twitter hashtag #Run3rd to help various causes during the upcoming LA Marathon? Plus, check out Sean’s guest spot on “NCIS” on March 20 at 8/7c on CBS.

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More on Sean and the Blue Angels

Here is more of the interview with Sean after his ride in the F/A-18 Hornet with Lt. Tedrow, audio only. Source.

Several of the screen caps are reproduced below:

Sean flying high: video & interview

The Blue Angels are in El Centro CA for the NAF El Centro Air Show on March 10, and Sean Astin got the opportunity to fly in Lt. Mark Tedrow's F/A-18 Hornet. They flew at near Mach 1 (~760 miles/hour) and experienced G forces up to 7.2 times the pull of gravity!

KYMA TV's Rachel Elzufon was there when Sean landed, and wrote this interview.

Lieutenant Tedrow flew Astin all over the Desert Southwest, showing him all kind of stunts, twists and turns. 

"We were high altitude for the first half," Astin said. "Then we talked politics for the second half." 

Astin says this experience makes him even more proud to be an American. 

"This is America. I don't know what other fighting forces are like in the world. But the fact that in ours you can go and serve our country in war time … and then come back and show your skills to citizens. 

Astin says he was amazed by the beauty of the Desert Southwest, both on the ground and in the air. 

Astin was actually invited to fly with the Blue Angels on his twitter page.
Astin tells News 11 he was asking followers to suggest causes for him to run for during an upcoming marathon. One of the responses was from a Lieutenant [Mike Smith] offering Astin the chance of a lifetime to fly with the Blue Angels.

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To get an idea of what Sean experienced in flight, check out this story and video of KYMA's 
Rachel Elzufon taking a ride.


And here are some pics from the experience:

Sean flies high with Navy Blue Angels!

Sean took a 45 minute flight in a F/A-18 Hornet with the Navy's Blue Angels this morning, courtesy of Lt. Michael Smith.

Photo posted by Sean on Twitter