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Wendell Beitzel  > Transportation > Airplanes > 2009 Seafair Airshow
The first Seattle Seafair Airshow I have actually been around for!
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Wendell Beitzel > The show started off with 2 F-14 Tomcats to warm the crowd up.
Wendell Beitzel > Not really sure what this plane was. It looked like some kind of older Air Force jet.
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Wendell Beitzel > Fat Albert!!!! This is the Hercules C-130 that is the Blue Angels support plane.
Wendell Beitzel > At land based airshows Fat Albert often takes off using rockets mounted under the main fuselage. Unfortunatley they didn't put that into this show, although it did show off a pretty impressive climb, as you can see here!!
Wendell Beitzel > Fat Albert made several low passes over the water.
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Wendell Beitzel > First sight of the Blue Angels, flying their F/A-18 Hornets. Here you can see the classic 4-man diamond formation in the upper left, and the 2 solos in the bottom right.
Wendell Beitzel > The classic 4-man diamond formation, made up of planes 1 through 4.
Wendell Beitzel > This was pretty much right over my head, probably 300-500 feet up.
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Wendell Beitzel > This was kind of a lucky shot, getting the solo heading right with the diamond in the back heading left.
Wendell Beitzel > These next 3 shots show the precision of the Blue Angesl fkying.
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