A major winter storm passed my area yesterday. Today skies are
cobalt blue and very cold; seven inches of fresh snow covers the
ground. The ambient temperature is 9°F. It would be a very
challenging day for a cross-country flight.
Some great facts and figures on one of the coolest aircraft, ever
(in my opinion), the SR-71 Blackbird. The link covers the various
incarnations of the plane.
"We'd never turn down a mission like this -- not ever."
Source: Master Sgt. Rich Lutz, a C-17
loadmaster from the US Air Force Reserve's 728th Airlift Squadron.
Lutz and his crew were diverted Friday from their mission home to
Washington, to instead fly a nine-member Army Burn Center Flight
Team from Lackland Air Force Base, TX to Hickam AFB, Hawaii.
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