January thru June  2009

33 Coupe Having Fun 21       4/07/09

What a beautiful day for an air/car show.
 

 

 

This is a Russian Antonov An-2 biplane. It was used as a light transport carrying up to 12 passengers.
 

 

 

This is the tail of a C-17 Globemaster out of March Air Force Base in Riverside, Ca. Now this is one giant aircraft and is awesome to walk through.
 

 

 

The aircraft is powered by four fully reversible engines with a max payload of 170,000 pounds and a gross takeoff weight of 585,000 pounds. Now that's an incredible amount of weight to get off the ground if you think about it.
 

 

 

This helicopter belongs to the California Department of Forestry and is out of the Hemet Ryan airport in nearby Hemet, Ca. Nicknamed "Helitack" it's designed to carry a small crew of firefighters to a remote area and then drop them off.
 

 

 

The U.S. Army had a bunch of vintage trucks and jeeps on display.
 

 

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