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Blue Angels
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2025 11:19 pm
by ddraig
Anybody watch them on KONG TV? Pretty cool. I wonder how many cats were killed during their performance!
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 2:09 am
by Sibelius Hindemith
They need to switch over to electric planes. They make a lot less noise and are more environmentally friendly.
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 6:03 pm
by DavidGee24
ddraig wrote: ↑Sun Aug 03, 2025 11:19 pm
Anybody watch them on KONG TV? Pretty cool. I wonder how many cats were killed during their performance!
No kidding, one cat dies that the Blue Angels probably didn't even cause, and protestors use that as a talking point to get them banned? There are some really miserable people out there who are just starving for company.
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 8:15 pm
by Mel Bradford
I was surprised that the Blue Angels AND SeaFair were still part of the Seattle culture. Great memories as a kid. Pops took me to my first race around 7. Still remember the smell of jet fuel....and beer. We made wooden hydroplanes to drag behind our bikes and had races.
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2025 11:30 pm
by ddraig
I wish the Air Show would bring in more "vintage" aircraft. I know there are a couple of P51 Mustangs in the area and I'm certain one or two F4U Corsairs would be cool. And then there is one B17 Flying Fortress still out there. Just a couple of fly-bys with a Rolls-Royce Merlin's screaming overhead would be really cool!
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 2:47 pm
by DanielVogelbach
There's nothing quite like unlimited hydroplane racing!
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 3:58 pm
by Mel Bradford
Slo Mo, Miss Bardahl, Exide and so many more. Nothing like it in MN.
And we went to the Sammamish Slew races...smaller inboards....saw one hit the bridge piling....instant toothpicks.
We have a restaurant here called Doolittles. Read the book. Modified B-25's off an aircraft carrier and then ditched after the raid (WW2).
Amazing stuff.
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 5:02 pm
by DanielVogelbach
Unlimited hydros is 5 events for 2025. It's such an amazing spectacle that's performed only 5 times per year and only a handful of racing teams participate. It's amazing that it exists. Everyone knows about NASCAR and F1. Even offshore powerboat racing I think is far more popular than the hydros. It's such a mind-blowing, niche sport. I love those rooster tails!
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 9:48 pm
by Mel Bradford
Re: Blue Angels
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 1:44 pm
by DanielVogelbach
Looks like there's only 6 teams, but two of them have two boats. So, a total of 8 boats.
When I was a kid in Seattle it was Miss Budweiser, Circus Circus, and O'Boy Oberto.
Miss Budweiser always looked the best and often was the winner as I recall.