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  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds have selected Chicago Firefighter/Paramedic Jason Durbin, right, as ChicagoÂ’s Hometown Hero for the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Durbin was able to ride with the jet team on Thursday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show takes place this weekend, which will include planes such as the Aeroshell Aerobatic team. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Pilots hang out next to their F-16 Thunderbirds, which will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team fly over Lake Michigan. They will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  John Rippinger of Schaumburg, and a member of the Lima Lima Flight Team, will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Ed Hicks of Ninety Six, SC, takes off in his T-34 Mentor. The Lima Lima Flight Team will be part of the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Aaron Beese of Glen Ellyn got to fly with the Lima Lima Flight Team on Thursday as part of a preview for the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com