One more time: Blue Angels’ Seafair 2014 finale this afternoon

While the Blue Angels‘ Seafair show – performed one final time today – is staged for viewers in the main festival zone on Lake Washington, you don’t have to go that far to catch glimpses and flybys during the show. On Saturday, JayDee photographed the majestic view above from the same place he caught this one:

Yes, those are the 4th Avenue South Costco gas pumps. The “warehouse” parking lot is a decent viewing zone. Of course, Costco is right in the Boeing Field approach. On the west side of BFI’s runway, you’ll get this view as they take off – quick clip courtesy of Lise Thivierge:

And this view as they land (our short iPhone Instagram clip)

Watching from Boeing Field (parking lot on the west side of the runway, just north of the tower) on Saturday afternoon, we noticed more aircraft than years past, in part at least because of Marine Week. The Blue Angels take off at about 1:30 pm; they’re preceded and followed by other aerial acts – listed here – and if you do watch from Boeing Field, facing east, where you can see many of their maneuvers, especially the really high ones, you can follow along with the kirotv.com live stream via your smartphone (though we noticed a significant delay – seemed like at least 10 seconds, which in TV time is forever). Seafair-wise, today is also the final day for ship tours – schedules/locations here.

P.S. Remember the airshow brings one last I-90 closure – 12:15 pm to 2:40 pm.

12 Replies to "One more time: Blue Angels' Seafair 2014 finale this afternoon"

  • Alki Girl August 3, 2014 (4:43 am)

    Love the fist pump from the guy in the red shirt!!!

  • 935 August 3, 2014 (6:50 am)

    AG- it appears that he is taking a smartphone photo above the chain link & below the security wire (barbed or razor wire)
    But I love your enthusiasm.

  • michele August 3, 2014 (2:32 pm)

    scaring pets and owners by flying over neighborhoods

  • jeanne August 3, 2014 (4:08 pm)

    War planes are not entertainment, nor is this excessive use of fossil fuels responsible

  • jwright August 3, 2014 (5:45 pm)

    Only caught a few glimpses of them over the weekend but they gave me goosebumps every time! So glad they are back.

  • j August 3, 2014 (7:30 pm)

    Love these guys! Can’t wait to see them next year!!

  • West Seattle Hipster August 3, 2014 (8:24 pm)

    The only think more entertaining than a performance by the Blue Angels are the anti-Blue Angels comments.

  • blues fan August 3, 2014 (9:10 pm)

    Caught them today at the High Point Water Tower. I recall a lot more past Blue Angels’ action over WS. I want to say they used the water tower as a reference point. I remember painting and seeing and hearing them soar right over my skylight. That was about 18 years ago, I think.

    Anyone else remember similarly?

    • WSB August 3, 2014 (10:04 pm)

      Blues fan – that would have been 1996, when they performed over Elliott Bay instead of over Lake Washington – there was a kerfuffle over safety and so on in the mid-’90s. It came up in one of our other Blue Angels threads again this week. No Blue Angels ’94-’95; right in West Seattle’s “front yard” in ’96. We watched from Hamilton Viewpoint Park that year, with our not-impressed then-baby, who is now an adult. – TR

  • Jana Downing August 4, 2014 (11:41 am)

    And they are gone as of this am – nice final show:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPxIEOzp9Dg&feature=youtu.be

  • Linda (former Seallite) August 4, 2014 (3:34 pm)

    Seeing these photos makes me want to move home to Seattle! I miss the best time of year “SEAFAIR” with the Blue Angels! Such articulate, strategic flying to say the least. Gawd I was homesick yesterday! Fly on our Blue Angels!

  • Robert August 6, 2014 (7:55 am)

    for the angel protesters, at least you aren’t paraded out like a bunch of sheep and made to stand and watch the show like in your favorite marxist country…

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