{"id":9793,"date":"2021-04-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=9793"},"modified":"2021-04-14T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T22:21:02","slug":"parachutes-to-fill-the-skies-at-snf21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/04\/15\/parachutes-to-fill-the-skies-at-snf21\/","title":{"rendered":"Parachutes to fill the skies at #SNF21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first time, Sun ‘n Fun will have a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III flexible cargo aircraft taking up airspace over Lakeland, according to Leenhouts. The aircraft is 174 feet long and offers more than a quarter million tons of tactical airlift.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff Sgt. John Eller conducts a pre-flight check on his C-17 Globemaster III (U.S. Air Force photo\/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The plane’s unique design gives the C-17 the unique ability to take off and land from small airfields, including those with runways as short as 3,500 feet and 90-feet wide. It also has the capacity to airdrop up to 102 paratroopers with its equipment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The C-17’s full capabilities will be shown off by the U.S. Special Operations Command as early as the 1 p.m. Tuesday air show. The Black Daggers,\u00a0The U.S. Army’s parachute demonstration team, will jump off the C-17 for performances in the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday afternoon airshows.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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