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"The Chicago Air and Water Show—A History of Wings above the Waves"

Great summer reading!

The largest such spectacle in the world, the Chicago Air and Water Show draws over three million people to the lakeshore for a weekend of free high-powered entertainment. This book tells it all. - from the dawn of flight to the howling blast of jet fighters. Read it and then impress others with your vast knowledge of Air and Water Show trivia:* The vehicle that drove into Lake Michigan and didn’t sink.

* The CSI officer who found evidence of life on Chicago's lakefront.

* Which act has appeared in the Air and Water Show for the past fifty years and still going strong.

* Who made the world's first air-sea rescue off Chicago's Lake Michigan shore.

* The first woman to walk upside down over North Avenue Beach.

* What comedian hurtled from 8,000 feet at 120 feet per second just to play on the beach.

* What daredevil set an altitude record above Chicago by flying straight up -- until he ran out of gas.

* What gasbag visited the city in 1933 that wasn't a politician.

* What famous person was greeted with "Hey Liz!" when she stepped on Chicago's shore in 1959.

* When the last mail plane took off from Grant Park