Blue Angels.........

The Blue Angels were in Seattle this past weekend for Sea Fair. I love watching them. Enjoy the show!

 

Abbotsford has always been a good show. In the late '80s they tried to promote it as the American counterpart to Paris and Farnborough, but it never quite caught on that way. But it was the first place I ever saw a MiG-29 and an An-124, when the Soviet Union was still in existence. Then there was the Avro Vulcan, which for years was the unofficial symbol of Abbotsford.

 

Boy, I hope the Blue Angels did not have to fly in that tight diamond formation all the way across the Atlantic . . . .

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I was also there at that show and somewhere I have a video tape that I shot of the AN124 doing a touch and go but the most enlightening performance was made by the Russian aerobatic Yak and (Su?). During the weekend of the Paine Field show we entertained the Russian crew that was commanded by Viktor Zabolotsky and they were a kick to be with but impressive in their intelligence and obvious resolve. My partner and I performed at the '66, '67, '68, '69, and '70 Abbotsford shows and saw some great equipment and met some great people, too.

 

Abbotsford Airshow, Centennial Year, 1967, IIRC.
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That's as decrepit-looking an airshow aircraft as I've ever seen. I can imagine an airport owner saying "Get that piece of trash off my airfield!"

 

That is exactly what the Air Show Program said in announcing our act. " Get that junk off the field!" As the "Crazy Clowns" we had a ball up there for four years and even the great Art Scholl told us that we were nuts. Bob Hoover said the same.

 

If Art Scholl and Bob Hoover said you were nuts, you most certainly were!

 

i take my boat out every year to watch the blue angels here in seattle. tough to get decent pictures with my little canon , but here is one with mt. rainier in background. Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

A great shot with Mt. Seattle in the background.

 

Nice shot! Rainier often isn't that visible this time of year because of haze caused by evaporation of glacial snow.

 

good pictures - you're right - they move so fast it's a matter of luck to get them ! looks cloudy today.

 

just for fun here is a picture of my blue angel pedal car - made by murray in the 50's and 60's . they were called "super sonic jet" and later "atomic missile ". (also a picture of the USAF THUNDERBIRD ). these are custom paint jobs , originals were different.
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A 1956 version in plywood that I built for my little guys.
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Those are certainly very "fifties"!

 

too bad with your weather - seems to never fail , weather is great for weeks leading up to an event and then it rains ! "THE GREAT NORTHWEST "

 

thats a cool dad who builds something like the plane for your kids !

 

If you mean me, thanks. My kids and all their neighborhood buddies had a blast with that Thunderbird. They literally ran it into the ground.