The roar of six pairs of General Electric F414 engines that can each, individually, generate 22,000 pounds of thrust can mean only one thing: The Blue Angels are in town!
The US Navy's flight demonstration squadron performs above Lake Washington during breaks in the Seafair Cup hydroplane races. Practice for the weekend occurs during the week leading up to Seafair. On this day, a good crowd gathered at Kerry Park at lunchtime to see the six blue F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets pass by the Space Needle in formation under a clear blue sky.
The blue 24 flag on the Space Needle was raised earlier today by former Mariner outfield Ken Griffey, Jr. who just this summer was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His number will be the first to be retired by the Mariners organization in a ceremony this weekend.
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