The Aero Shell Aerobatic Team. The Chicago Air and Water Show 2009
From simple beginnings as part of a "Family Day Celebration" in 1959, the show has grown to the oldest and largest free admission air and water exhibition in the United States. With audience numbers reaching an average of million annually, it is one of the largest spectator events in the world. The Aero Shell Aerobatic Team consists of four pilots flying formation aerobatics in the WWII North American Advanced Trainer. Thrilling audiences everywhere since 1985, the team fly these valiant old birds through a series of precision formation aerobatic maneuvers including their bomb burst and avalanche along with graceful loops and rolls. The Chicago Air and Water Show celebrates 50 years. An exhibition of aerial displays and water stunts, the show is held each August. It is the oldest and largest free demonstration in the United States. The annual two-day thriller on Chicago's lakefront draws more than 2 million spectators to watch the choreographed, acrobatic high-performance maneuvers of aviation teams, usually including the Navy Blue Angels in F/A-18 Hornets or the Air Force Thunderbirds in F-16 Fighting Falcons as headliners. The Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, plunging from high altitudes at up to 120 , Coast Guard helicopter rescue demonstrations and flybys by military aircraft currently in service with the Air Force and Air Force Reserve, the Navy, the Marine Corps and Air National Guard are other highlights of the show. Additional thrills include water-skiing and boat jumping feats, the Liquid X Freestyle extreme water show with the Munsun Ski & Marine's Show Team and other extreme-theme freestylers, plus civilian aviators of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, Lima Lima Flight Team, Red Baron Pizza Squadron and Red Bull MIG Magic. The week before the Air & Water Show, downtown Chicago buzzes from the various flight teams practicing formations.
Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: North Avenue Beach, 1600 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60610
Photo credit: © PanoramaSv / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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