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(uplifting orchestral music)

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- Ever since I was young, I grew up

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flying on large commercial aircraft

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back and forth from Minnesota to Alaska,

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and I just love the view
looking out the window

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and seeing the view from above.

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I remember my first time flying the C17,

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the crew bus dropped us off in front

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of the aircraft, and I looked at it,

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and I said "holy cow, I'm gonna fly

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such a big airplane,"
I couldn't believe it,

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I'm like, this thing is absolutely huge,

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I can't believe I'm going
to fly this aircraft today.

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And it was amazing, I mean the whole time

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I was smiling from ear to ear,

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and I just couldn't wait to get back up

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and do it again.

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At the air show this weekend,

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you're gonna see the C17

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perform a twelve minute profile,

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and in the very beginning you're gonna see

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the maximum performance takeoff,

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we're gonna turn around
and we're gonna come back

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and do a high speed pass
at about 350 miles an hour,

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from there we're gonna
do a slow speed pass,

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and we're gonna show you how
slow the aircraft can fly,

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and from there, it'll
be that assault landing,

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and once we stop we're gonna go

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right into reverse taxi
and use reverse thrust

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and back the aircraft.

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That's a unique capability
of the C17 aircraft.

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I think folks that come
to the air show are going

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to be extremely impressed to see

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what an aircraft as large as the C17 does,

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and how capable this aircraft is.

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I think they're gonna be
very impressed with that,

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with the capabilities of the C17.