SEATTLE, July 22, 2016--The Museum celebrates Seafair and the Blue Angels' 70th anniversary Aug. 5-7 with Jet Blast Bash, an outdoor three-day family festival next to the Blue Angels' flight line. The festival offers the closest views of the Blue Angels' thunderous takeoffs, and of the Boeing Field flights for the other Seafair Airshow airplanes. The festival lot will be filled with military fighter planes used in World War II and Vietnam, while the Museum lawn becomes a classic airliner beer garden with live music and catering by McCormick and Schmick's.


There will be children activities all day, biplane rides, and opportunities to meet aviation celebrities. The festival activities are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, and free with admission to the Museum (open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.).

Special guests are SR-71 spyplane pilot and author Brian Shul, and former Blue Angels pilot and team captain William Newman. Shul and Newman will also be meeting festival visitors throughout each day.

Aircraft on Display
Grumman F8F Bearcat and F7F Tigercat - World War II fighters from Historic Flight Foundation
Douglas TA-4 Skyhawk - Vietnam War fighter trainer
Cessna training aircraft with instructors from Galvin Flying at Boeing Field.

Cars
Blue Angels Mustang - 2015 Ford Mustang GT in Blue Angels colors
Vintage Navy Fire Truck
Cascade Kombi Cruise-In - A dozen of classic VW buses

Daily Guest Speakers
11:30 a.m. - "Blue Angels History" presentation with former Blue Angels Team Captain, retired U.S. Navy Adm. Bill Newman, Museum Docents Barry Latter and Bill McCutcheon
2:30 p.m. - "Sled Driver" presentation by SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul


Live Music
Saturday, Aug. 6: Noon to 3:30 p.m. - Rock and blues by Two Scoops
Sunday, Aug. 7: 10 a.m. to noon - Swinging favorites by the Boeing Employees Stage Band
Noon to 3:30 p.m. - Jazz by Market Street Dixieland Jazz Band


Radio Personalities
95.7 "The Jet," Sunday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
"MOViN" 92.5, Sunday 1 to 3 p.m.



Food and Beer Garden Catered by McCormick & Schmick's

Children activities, booths and exhibits by dozens of community partners and regional museums.



Presenting sponsor The City of Tukwila, also sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union



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Founded in 1965, the independent, non-profit Museum of Flight is one of the largest air and space museums in the world, serving more than 560,000 visitors annually. The Museum's collection includes more than 160 historically significant airplanes and spacecraft, from the first fighter plane (1914) to today's 787 Dreamliner. Attractions also include the original Boeing Company factory, and the world's only full-scale NASA Space Shuttle Trainer. The Museum's aviation and space library and archives are the largest on the West Coast. More than 150,000 individuals are served annually by the Museum's on-site and outreach educational programs. The Museum of Flight is accredited by the American Association of Museums, and is an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.

The Museum of Flight is located at 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle, Exit 158 off Interstate 5 on Boeing Field halfway between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport. The Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum admission for adults is $23 on-site and $21 online. Youth 5 through 17 are $14 on-site and $13 online, youth 4 and under are free. Seniors 65 and over $19 on-site and $18 online. Groups of ten or more: $21 per adult, $13 per youth, Thanks to Wells Fargo, on the first Thursday of every month, admission is free from 5 to 9 p.m. And parking is always free. There is a full lunch menu café in the Museum and a limited menu café in the Aviation Pavilion, both operated by McCormick & Schmick's. For general Museum information, please call 206-764-5720 or visit www.museumofflight.org

Ted Huetter
Senior Public Relations Manager
206.455.5360



Rachel Dreeben
Associate Manager, Marketing and Communications
206.768.7201