IT'S FLOWER FRIDAY

Yes, it is Flower Friday but, as I have mentioned the last few Fridays, it's winter here and flowers are hard to find........unless you want to purchase a few at the flower store.  So....AIRPLANES it is.
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The USAF is taking advantage of the beautiful weather we've been having lately thanks to a nice high pressure dome sitting over the state and keeping the really cold air up in Canada where it belongs.  If I remember last night's TV weather forecast correctly, somewhere in the western Canadian provinces yesterday's HIGH temperature was -33°F. (-36°C.).  Here it was a balmy 60°F. (15.5°C.).  So they scheduled a nice flight of a C17 Globemaster III using Road America as one of their targeting sites.
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We have a retired Air Force General living in our area and he works with the track to schedule military fly-overs on big race weekends.  No races this week but the pilots have to get in their hours so this was a perfect day for a little exercise.  They have a locating beacon on top of the Media Tower at Road America and they get to drop down to a lower than normal altitude, just for a little while, and they just follow this beacon and head to the next one somewhere else and hopefully then homeward.  Supper is waiting.
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It's not quite 60°s out there today but it's nice enough.  Here's everything you want to know about this plane:  Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
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BEST IN LARGE.