This past weekend most of the Greater Seattle got to experience the thunder of US Navy Blue Angels jets buzzing the trees around the city as part of Seafair. I decided to take the time and actually venture out around the city to take some good photos this year. This post is an aggregation of some of the best shots out of the two thousand and some change photos that I came back home to sort.
What I’ve also learned during this event is that the best viewing spot is Seward Park - you can park on any of the local side-streets (don’t bother with the parking lot in the park) and do a little stroll to the Northern tip of the park. It’s free, and you get to have prime seats to the entire airshow.
A close-up shot of Boeing 777x engines during a flyover.Boeing 777x in-flight over Lake Washington.Blue Angels doing a vertical climb over Lake Washington.Blue Angels flying in formation over Bellevue.Close-up of Blue Angels flying in a diamond formation.Blue Angels flying in a tight formation.Blue Angels doing a low pass over Lake Washington.Close-up of Blue Angels in formation.Blue Angels flying inverted over Lake Washington.Blue Angels in diamond formation as seen from afar.Close-up of the underside of F-18s Super Hornets flown by Blue Angels.Blue Angels executing a turn over Lake Washington.Blue Angels 5 and 6 doing a slow pass over Lake Washington.Blue Angels flying flipped over Lake Washington.Close-up of a Blue Angels mixed formation.Blue Angels 5 and 6 flying with their cockpits facing each other.Blue Angels in formation flying towards Seattle, as seen from afar.Close up of the Blue Angels quad with their F-18 Super Hornet wheels down.Blue Angels flying in diamond formation towards I-90.Close-up of the entire Blue Angels squad.Blue Angels in diamond formation doing a loop over Lake Washington.Blue Angel 6 flying over Lake Washington, with Mercer Island in the background.Blue Angles flying away from the camera.Blue Angels in formation flying over Mercer Island.Blue Angels in diamond formation flying over Mercer Island.Close up of the Blue Angels diamond.Blue Angels moving away from the camera with smoke on.Blue Angels 5 and 6 approaching each other, with Blue Angel 5 being flipped.Blue Angels over Lake Washington, with Seattle in the background.Close-up of the Blue Angels F-18 Super Hornet jets.A solo Blue Angel flying over Lake Washington, with Seattle in the background.Blue Angel 5 doing a fast pass over Lake Washington, with Mercer Island in the background.A solo Blue Angel doing a pass over Lake Washington, with Columbia Tower and cranes in the background.Blue Angel 5 doing a flipped pass over Lake Washington.All six Blue Angel F-18 Super Hornet jets spreading out on the way down.Blue Angels doing a mid-air split over I-90.Blue Angels flying, with Seattle in the background.Blue Angels doing a vertical climb.Blue Angels flying in diamond formation.Blue Angels flying in parallel.Blue Angels 5 and 6 flying facing each other.Close-up of PBY Catalina.PBY Catalina flying over Lake Washington, with Columbia Tower in the background.Close-up of PBY Catalina over Lake Washington.Blue Angels flying over Lake Washington.Marine Corps F-35B flying over Lake Washington.A F-35 jet dropping flares.US Air Force F-35A flying over Lake Washington.US Marine Corps F-35B hovering over Lake Washington.A F-35 jet flying with afterburner on.US Air Force F-35A doing a turn over Lake Washington.US Air Force F-35A doing a fast pass over Lake Washington.US Marine Corps F-35B over Lake Washington.Blue Angels Fat Albert (C-130 Hercules) flying over Lake Washington.Close up of Blue Angels Fat Albert (C-130 Hercules).Blue Angels Fat Albert (C-130 Hercules) flying over a hill in the Seattle area.Blue Angels Fat Albert (C-130 Hercules) flying over Mercer Island.Blue Angels Fat Albert (C-130 Hercules) flying over Seattle.Blue Angels Fat Albert (C-130 Hercules) flying over Lake Washington.Blue Angels Fat Albert (C-130 Hercules) doing a climb over Lake Washington.US Army F-18 Growlers escorting a World War 2-era aircraft.US Army F-18 Growler over Lake Washington.US Army F-18 Growlers escorting a World War 2-era aircraft over Seattle.US Army F-18 Growler doing a turn over Lake Washington.A Boeing AH-64 Apache flying over Lake Washington.A F-35 aircraft flying over Seattle.A Seattle Police boat on Lake Washington.A view of Seattle from a hill.Speed boats racing on Lake Washington.
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