SEATTLE — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels arrived at Boeing Field on Monday afternoon in advance of their Seafair performance this weekend.
The squadron landed just before 2 p.m. See photos here.
On their way in, the planes will fly over at Ault Field. Naval Air Station Whidbey Island expected the flyover to happen between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
The Blue Angels will fly in the rare “Big V” formation during Seafair
Capt. Jeff Kuss was killed in early June when his F/A-18 Hornet
, a town outside Nashville,Tennessee.
Kuss, 32, flew in Seattle last year during the Seafair Festival, where the Blue Angels show has been a staple of the celebration for six decades.
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“Everyone is here [in the Blue Angels] for a common goal, and discipline, and we like to display that across the country in form of a flight demonstration,” he told KIRO 7 News in 2015.
Kuss had been the pilot of plane No. 6. A plane No. 7 flew in on Monday afternoon, but it will not perform with the Blue Angels on Sunday.
When the Blue Angels soar this week, the I-90 floating bridge will be closed at various times. The closures start Thursday with the last closures on Sunday. See the full list of closures here.
Get details on the Boeing Air Show and Seafair Sunday at these links. Find more Seafair coverage here.
Watch KIRO 7 for all-day Seafair coverage!
On Sunday, KIRO 7 will bring you more than 8 hours of Seafair Sunday coverage.
Brand new to the action this year: Competitive water ski racing. It joins longtime staples like the hydroplane races and of course, the dazzling Blue Angels!
Steve Raible, Monique Ming Laven and champion hydroplane driver Chip Hanauer will be joined by a cast of thousands of attendees at Genesee Park when coverage begins at 9 a.m. on Sunday, August 7.
Fat Albert and the Bues perform at 1:30 p.m., and the championship heat of the 2016 Albert Lee Appliance Seafair Cup is scheduled for 4:45 p.m.
You can watch it all on KIRO 7, or streaming live on any device. http://kiro.tv/LiveNews
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