I’d call this “late-breaking,” but it would be a lie. I’m a schmuck - I missed it. Nevertheless, it doesn’t start until tomorrow, so - if you like airshows and you can afford/don’t mind driving to Olympia, the show runs on Saturday and Sunday.

10th Annual Olympic Air Show Featuring the Gathering of Warbirds

• What: Flying airshow, sponsored by the Olympic Flight Museum. U.S. Navy F/A-18 West Coast Demonstration Team, C-17 Globemaster Demonstration, T-6 Texan II, T-38C Talon, CH-47 Chinook, Trainers , Fighters, Bombers, Helicopters, Radial Engines, Turbine Engines.

• Where: 7637-A Old Highway 99 SE, Olympia, WA 98501 [map]

• When: June 14-15, 2008, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  

• Admission: $10.00. Children under 6 yrs. free.

As a note of interest, the Navy’s “Growler,” now stationed at NAS Whidbey in Oak Harbor, is a derivative of the FA-18 Super-Hornet, built by Boeing. Here’s a flight demo of the FA-18 showcasing the aircraft’s extraordinary maneuverability (you can also hear the pilot grunting under heavy G-forces, from time to time). I could do without the “stirring” (trite/annoying) music in the background, myself, but it seems to come stock with these kinds of clips: