By Larry E. Nazimek

Action took place both on the water and in the skies along the Chicago lakefront. (Geico Skytypers)Practically all the articles about this year’s airshows focus on the effects of the sequester that keeps military aircraft from performing. Many airshows were cancelled, and if you googled “Chicago Air and Water Show,” prior to the show, as you were typing in the letters, among the various options in the drop box were “Cancelled.” Suggestions that the show would be cancelled, however, were about as factual as the emails you get from the foreign princes who want to come to the U.S. and split their fortunes with you.

According to Mary May, Public Relations Coordinator of Chicago’s Dept. of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, cancellation was never considered. “We’ve been doing this since 1959, and we’re not about to quit now. The show must go on!” And so it did.