Saturday, September 26, 2009

Air Force heavy lift

As it were:
Cobourg strongman sets world record by pulling 416,000 lb. airplane

TRENTON -- Cobourg strongman Reverend Kevin Fast has set a new Guinness World Record for Heaviest Aircraft Pulled by an Individual [not on the website yet].

The Cobourg resident pulled a 416,299 lb. CC-177 Globemaster 8.8 metres across the tarmac of CFB Trenton, on Thursday, Sept. 17. Rev. Fast broke the previous Australian record set in 1997 by David Huxley, who pulled a 412,000 pound Boeing 747-400. The Globemaster weighs 282,499 lbs. and was carrying about 133,000 lbs. of fuel...

Video here. Via Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs.

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