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Title: Sea Fair Air Show
Post by: Unisaw on August 01, 2009, 10:36:08 PM

It's Sea Fair 2009 and I didn't feel like fighting the crowds to go to today's air show.  However, I did the next best thing: I went to Boeing Field to watch the participants take off and land.  Here are some photos I took.  I'll apologize in advance for the lack of sharpness: the speed of the planes and the fact that I was handholding a telephoto lens wasn't conducive to really sharp photos.

http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/Unisaw/?action=view&current=072a79ab.pbw

Enjoy!

Title: Re: Sea Fair Air Show
Post by: Standing Wolf on August 01, 2009, 10:50:25 PM

Definitely cool.

Title: Re: Sea Fair Air Show
Post by: MillCreek on August 01, 2009, 10:56:37 PM

Unisaw, if you ever get the chance to be there when Fat Albert takes off as the Angels leave Seattle, take it.  They generally do a rocket-assisted take off that is quite spectacular.  I have seen it several times.

Title: Re: Sea Fair Air Show
Post by: Unisaw on August 01, 2009, 11:01:24 PM

Mill Creek: thanks for the tip.  I was hoping they would light 'em up today, but it wasn't to be.

Title: Re: Sea Fair Air Show
Post by: crt360 on August 02, 2009, 12:07:15 AM

Cool pics.

Title: Re: Sea Fair Air Show
Post by: BobR on August 02, 2009, 04:25:27 AM

Was the F22 there?

I saw it last year in Spokane and even though I have been around aviation since I was in my teens, that show made my jaw drop.

A most impressive airplane.

C130 and JATO = cool, but bad things can and have happened. It's a seat puckerer every time you do it.

bob

Title: Re: Sea Fair Air Show
Post by: seeker_two on August 02, 2009, 07:46:46 AM

Great pics....  :cool:

Title: Re: Sea Fair Air Show
Post by: Unisaw on August 02, 2009, 10:11:53 AM

Nope.  No F-22.