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first take
blue angels
A Seattle summer staple, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels bring dazzling displays of aerial
acrobatics and iconic aircra to the Seafair Weekend Festival and Boeing Seafair Air
Show every August. e WAC plays wingman through our role as Seattle home of
the Blue Angels. While the Inn at the WAC hosts the pilots, crew, and their families,
WAC members enjoy special events centered around their visit. Look for the Blue
Angels at the Club this coming August and watch the Boeing Seafair Air Show on
August 4–6.
By the Numbers: Blue Angels
Here's a closer look
at the Blue Angels ...
by the numbers.
1972
The year the Blue Angels first performed at Seafair.
Cities on the Blue
Angels' 2023 schedule.
Fastest speed reached by the
Blue Angels during an air show.
700
MPH
32
Number of WAC
members and guests
who dined on the
tarmac at last year's
Brunch and the Blues.
40
$67 million
DAYS
of Boeing Seafair
Air Show action.
The approximate cost of a
Blue Angels F/A-18 Super Hornet.
3
Rooms at the Inn at
the WAC occupied
each August by Blue
Angels pilots, crew,
and families.
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