The Blue Angels as taken from the passenger seat while driving across the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. The commute happened to coincide with their performance and for once the toll was money well spent: The sun, blue skies, gorgeous scenery, Mount Rainier AND the Blue Angels!
The US Navy's Demonstration Squadron was performing as part of the Boeing Airshow over Seattle's Lake Washington. An airshow, visits by naval vessels, hydroplane races and (usually) sun are all traditions of this weekend, the culmination of summer long festivities in Seattle.
The F/A 18 Hornets are the Blue Angels' ride at the moment. McDonnell Douglas originally designed and produced the aircraft prior to their merger with Boeing. The maneuvers during the show are as low as 50 feet from the water and at some points during the show they aircraft approach 700 mph, just below mach 1. At times when flying in the diamond formation above they are as close as 18 inches away from one another. Their rehearsals and performance fill the neighborhoods around Seattle with the "Sound of Freedom".
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