Blue Angels cancel Boston flyover

(AP file photograph/2008)

By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff

The Blue Angels' planned flyover of downtown Boston this afternoon has been cancelled due to the overcast weather, according to a Navy official.

The seven F/A-18 Hornets had been scheduled to make one pass from south to north over the downtown area between 1:30 and 2 p.m.

The Federal Aviation Administation had alerted the public to the spectacle to avoid any of the confusion caused in late April when a presidential jet and military plane flew low over downtown Manhattan, frightening many citizens.