5400 x 3600 px | 45,7 x 30,5 cm | 18 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
16 août 2008
Lieu:
North Avenue Beach, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Informations supplémentaires:
The United States Army Parachute Team, nicknamed and commonly known as the Golden Knights, is a demonstration and competition parachute team of the United States Army. It consists of demonstration and competition Parachutist teams, drawn from US Army Paratroopers who have demonstrated excellence in their parachuting skills.The Golden Knights evolved from an informal STRAC or Strategic Army Corps Sport Parachute Team, which was originally conceptualized by Brigadier General Joseph Stilwell. The original STRAC team consisted of 19 military parachutists. In 1959, the team was formally recognized and later designated as the Army's official aerial demonstration unit on June 1, 1961. 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 m.p.h., 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. Although the focal point of the show is at North Avenue Beach.
