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Eagle eye on the Blue Angels
Posted by Kevin Fujii
GREG GILBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES
The Navy's Blue Angels "Boss" Cmdr. Greg McWherter, foreground, leads Lt. Rob Kurrle in a practice flight over Seattle Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. The aerobatic group performs annually in conjunction with the Seafair hydro races on Lake Washington.
Photojournalist Greg Gilbert has been with The Seattle Times for 43 years and has been covering Seafair -- and the Blue Angels -- for most of that time, earning the nickname "Mr. Seafair." "It's always a challenge to get a different angle," Gilbert says. Being in the air, rather than on the ground, is a great way to do that, and when he got the opportunity for a close-up of two pilots in their cockpits, Gilbert was thankful he'd brought along three different cameras.