It was Seafair weekend here in Seattle.
So the Blue Angels were in town to give their airshow yesterday and today.
Down below on Lake Washington, there were the hydroplane races (high-speed boats that skim across the water’s surface).
It’s hard to resist running outside when you hear the thundering noise overhead!
*I cropped the original 3024×4032 photo to 2016×2424 pixels.
These jets are F/A-18 Super Hornets.
From the Blue Angels website: The basic acquisition price of a single F/A-18 Super Hornet is approximately $67.4 million. The cost of additional weapons-related equipment varies according to the configuration, and the use of each aircraft can significantly increase the total price.
The F/A-18 can reach speeds just under Mach 2, almost twice the speed of sound or about 1,400 mph. The maximum rate of climb of the F/A-18 is 30,000 feet per minute.