The show was on Saturday July 10th and Sunday, July 11th, and thanks to the folks at the South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority, the Me Team was able to get a birds eye view so that our viewers could get a glimpse of the action as well as some pretty cool pictures for those who could not attend.

The weather was perfect and despite a few clouds, you couldn’t ask for a better day for an air show. The people in Northwest Indiana and surrounding areas lined the beaches of Marquette Park in Gary Indiana, and the smiles on kids faces were everywhere, not to mention the fantastic food, souvenirs and information that was available on the midway.

All in all, the South Shore CVA did an outstanding job putting this event all together for the attendees that made for an excellent weekend of excitement and family fun.

One of the main features of the event were the famous USAF Thunderbirds in their only area appearance.

The following is a list list of performers from this years air show:

U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds
U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron Flying a Team of Six F-16s

U.S. Army Golden Knights
Parachute Team

F-18 Super Hornet
U.S. Navy Demonstration

F-16 Fighting Falcon
U.S. Air Force Demonstration

Lima Lima
World’s Original Six Ship Civilian Formation Team

Bill Stein
Aerobatic Demonstration in an Edge 540

Lucas Oil Pitts
Aerobatic Demonstration in a Modified Pitts

Dave Dacy and Wingwalker Tony Kazian
Aerobatic and Wingwalking Demonstration in the Super Stearman biplane

Aeroshell
Aerobatic Demonstration by a Four Ship Team in AT-6 Texans

Aerostars
Aerobatic Demonstration by a Three Ship Team in the Yak 52 TW

We have a short clip video highlighting some of the events as well as an album of pictures for you to enjoy.

Click HERE for Video Highlights

Click HERE for Air Show Pictures

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We hope you enjoy!

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Video of the week

This video sent in by Brian Taylor of Lowell Indiana which is a live performance on SNL in 1976 by Frank Zappa expressing his views about what we watch on TV.

Picture of the Week

This was a picture sent in by Bob Tarlan of Portage Indiana. A funny picture of a baseball player getting tagged out!

Thanks for the video and picture guys!

The new movie, Transformers 3 which is currently in production will be filmed in part in Downtown Chicago starting July 10th and is scheduled until August 19th.

The expected revenue to be drawn in to the City of Chicago is 20 Million and is expected to create around 200 jobs.

Not only is this a good thing for the economy in our surrounding area, but it will also be something to do if you would like to go down and see if you can possibly wiggle yourself in to an extra’s spot. It will also be something exciting to see if you are in to watching movies being made.  Either way, it is a very cool thing to see coming in our area.

Click HERE to see a press release video from Mayor Daley.

The following is a press release made by Mayor Daley in Chicago:

Mayor Richard M. Daley announced today that “Transformers 3”, the next installment of the successful movie series, will film in Chicago July 10-August 19 with an estimated impact on the local economy of at least $20 million and the creation of more than 200 jobs.

“Moving forward, we must act with new ideas and new thinking — and we are — to help the private sector create jobs in Chicago and to keep our City at the top of everyone’s lists as a business location, a vacation destination and as a place to live, work and raise a family,” Daley said in a news conference held at City Hall.

“We view the film industry as an important component of our economic development strategy for the future of Chicago, because movies made in Chicago showcase our City to the world, create excitement about it and provide jobs for our residents,” he said.

“Transformers 3” will be directed by Michael Bay and produced by Ian Bryce and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, who was present at the news conference. It is slated for release in 2011.

Daley also announced that the production will employ ten Chicago Public Schools students as paid interns.

The students are from the City’s South and West Sides, where they have already worked on video and music production projects through a Chicago Pubic Schools partnership with the non-profit organization Free Spirit Media.

The Mayor said that since 1989, more than 900 film and television projects have contributed more than $1.65 billion dollars to the local economy and provided more than 275,000 local hires.

He said it has been a “very good year” so far for Chicago’s film industry.

This past Spring, an unprecedented number of television pilots were shot here and one of them — called “Ride Along” – has been picked up and will be shot entirely in Chicago.

That means almost year-round employment for 200 local technicians and actors and an economic impact of $40-50 million per season, the Mayor said.

In addition, the feature film project of director Ron Howard starring Chicagoan Vince Vaughn has been shooting here since mid-May and will continue until mid-August.

“One of the reasons that Chicago is so attractive to producers is that it provides them with a variety of settings, both modern and historical. And many of the world’s most talented actors live in Chicago, so filmmakers know that they can hire many of their actors right here – saving money without sacrificing quality,” Daley said.

We are so pleased to announce our new Video & Media Community!

We have been using our similar version in our chat forum and now we have placed it in its own section.

There are so many features in the new section and we invite you to have a look!

You can create your own profile as always but now you can store your own picture albums, upload videos, upload your MP3s, invite and create a friends list, fully customize your profile and more!

We will be adding a full list of features in a day or two along with full instructions on how to use it but don’t let that stop you from diving in!

Simply click the icon below to be transported to the new Video & Media Community section!

We hope you enjoy and contribute to the Community!