Seattle Host Charlie Harger Backs Blue Angels Ban Over 6 F/A-18s at Seafair
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Updated · MyNorthwest · Jul 31
Seattle Host Charlie Harger Backs Blue Angels Ban Over 6 F/A-18s at Seafair
2 articles · Updated · MyNorthwest · Jul 31
Summary
Charlie Harger said he has reversed years of defending the Blue Angels and now supports banning the Navy team from Seattle’s Seafair.
Six F/A-18 Super Hornets are, in his telling, the problem not because they are loud or military but because the show is “too exciting” and sparks adrenaline, civic pride and dreams of becoming fighter pilots.
Harger framed that excitement as out of step with “modern Seattle,” arguing the annual air show produces shared joy and spectacle the city should replace with calmer, more reflective alternatives.
His commentary echoes a recent Seattle Times editorial urging a ban, extending the critique beyond the air show to other Seafair staples such as hydroplanes and the Torchlight Parade.