Carrie Steinweg Times Correspondent

According to the International Council of Air Shows, between 325 and 350 air shows take place each year in the U.S. and Canada. There’s an abundance of them in California, Florida and Texas, but not as many in the Midwest.

This year, only two of those are in Indiana and only three are in Illinois. For those in the Region, you don’t have to travel far to take in one of these exciting events. We were lucky enough to have two consecutive weekends of exciting air shows this month, first in Gary and then in Chicago.

I’ve been to Chicago’s in the past, viewing it from a private party room on a rooftop at Navy Pier, but I’d never been to the Gary Air Show. I’d spotted planes in the sky around that time as they were arriving, departing or practicing. And I’d

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