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7/2/09

Visiting Uncle Cliff's Plane

Uncle Cliff flies for the Utah Air National Guard. He was able to take us out to one of the planes he flies (he's gone to Turkey, Afganistan, Iraq, etc). His is a big refueling planes (sorry, don't remember the official name) that "fill up" the fighter jets. It gave me a new found appreciation to realize the troops fly in planes that don't have any AC or heaters. We went up when it was about 85 degrees and the plane was like a SAUNA! The seats are basically straps attached to the sides of the plane...not to comfy when you're flying...let alone flying overseas! Eric and Sharla's (Tim's Brother) Abby was with us and so was Grant and Myra's (Lori's brother) Ryan. Anyways, we had a great time!

The area of the plane where someone lays to line up the pipe to refuel the other planes.



Ryan, Austin, Jake, Abbey, and Uncle Cliff.