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Photos: Sunday’s Chicago Air & Water Show

By Rich Hein

You didn’t need that big of a lens to read who was flying the Navy’s Blue Angel’s jets, as captain Tom Frosch, Lieutenant Andy Talbott and team pass by Fullerton Avenue and the lake during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vin — You didn’t need that big of a lens to read who was flying the Navy’s Blue Angel’s jets, as captain Tom Frosch, Lieutenant Andy Talbott and team pass by Fullerton Avenue and the lake during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

Photos for the Sun-Times by Vincent D. Johnson

Christopher Stillson, (right) and Lea Weiner, both from Chicago, watch as the Navy Blue Angels fly overhead during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

A man pumps his fist in the air as the Navy Blue Angels pass by the crowd in formation during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

A pair of Navy Blue Angels go inverted as the fly by the crowd during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

Spectators at the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show found a nice reprieve from the sun under tree towards the end of North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

The Navy Blue Angels roared across North Avenue Beach during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

The Breitling Jet Team makes its entrance to the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

Camera phones were out all along the lakefront as the Breitling Jet Team performed during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

Ramon Jimenez, was working the grill for the Phil Stefani restaurant during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. Jimenez said he’s worked the event so many times he doesn’t really watch the show since he knows what they’ll do. Coin — Ramon Jimenez, was working the grill for the Phil Stefani restaurant during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. Jimenez said he’s worked the event so many times he doesn’t really watch the show since he knows what they’ll do. Coincidently he turned to watch as the Breitling Jet Team ended their show with flares. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

The Breitling Jet Team during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

The AeroShell Aerobatic Team come out of a group loop into different directions over the lake during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

Members of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team meet at the top of separate loops during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

Not everyone at the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show was relaxing, Salavado Osoaio, was making his way through the crowd selling ice cream, sometimes in ankle deep water at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

With such a large crowd at North Avenue Beach, lifeguards spent most of their time looking away from the sky and on the crowds during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

Sean D. Tucker of Team Oracle does a slow fly-by over the pier at North Avenue Beach during the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

Many in the crowd heard the voice, but never saw the 2015 Chicago Air & Water Show announcer Herb Hunter as he narrated the show atop a stage at North Avenue Beach. | Vincent D. Johnson/for Sun-Times Media

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