Sunday, July 26, 2009

Globemaster 03-3119 visits Shannon

Same as last year the Mississippi Air Guard provided a C-17 Globemaster to perform a flypast at the Bray Airshow. This year, aircraft serial 03-3119, msn P-119 performed the honours. The aircraft was based in Shannon for the weekend, arriving lunchtime Saturday and departing on Sunday afternoon. Pictured above 03-3119 of the 172nd AW 'Spirit of G.V. 'Sonny' Montgomery' is seen on finals for R24 at Shannon. Gillespie V. Mitchell who died in 2006 was a Democrat who served Mississippi in the US House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997.

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