- Title: Aerial acrobatics return to Chicago's skies in first post-pandemic air show
- Date: 20th August 2022
- Summary: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 20, 2022) (Reuters) VARIOUS OF PLANCE PERFORMING AERIAL ACROBATICS DURING CHICAGO AIR AND WATER SHOW GENERAL VIEW OF CROWD WATCHING PAN OF CROWD MAN HOLDING PHONE UP TO SKY GENERAL VIEW OF PARACHUTISTS FLOATING OVER CHICAGO SKYLINE VARIOUS OF PARACHUTISTS FLOATING TO GROUND FIGHTER JETS FLYING BY AUDIENCE MEMBER, RAHUL SANDIL, LOOKI
- Embargoed: 3rd September 2022 18:02
- Keywords: Blue Angels Chicago Air and Water show pandemic
- Location: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES
- City: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA001967120082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Planes dipped, looped, dove and roared through the Chicago sky on Saturday (August 20) as the city's Air and Water Show made its post-pandemic return.
The show was set to feature the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron, as well as the Golden Knights, the Army's demonstration parachute team. F-22 fighter jets roared overhead and the P-51 brought a piece of World War II history to the city.
Spectators packed the viewing grounds below, undeterred by the threat of rain and storms that hovered in the weekend forecast. A shower brought Saturday's festivities to a temporary halt.
The show brought out a variety of spectators, including Rahul Sandil, an aerospace engineering student at the University of Illinois and Brian Smith who traveled seven hours from Iowa to see the P-51.
The Chicago Air and Water Show is the largest free show of its kind in the United States, according to the show's website.
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