[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 42 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E509]
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                   THE MOST MEMORABLE FLIGHT OF 1999

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 6, 2000

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, in March 1999 a flight crew from 
Lockheed Martin's Marietta, Georgia plant flew a C-130J into the record 
books. Aboard this flight was Lyle Schaefer, then Chief Experimental 
Test Pilot for Lockheed Martin, Pilot Arlen Rens, and Loadmaster Tim 
Gomez. They flew an unmodified C-130J with a payload of 22,500 pounds, 
and set 16 new world aviation records. Included in these was a record 
set in the Short Takeoff and Landing Category, where the crew took off 
and landed in less than the required 1,640 feet. For this and the many 
other records, the National Aeronautic Association dubbed this the 
``Most Memorable Flight of 1999,'' during a March 27, 2000 ceremony at 
the National Air and Space Museum.
  The C-130J currently holds 54 world records and is the indisputable 
world leader in air-lifting capabilities. This is due in no small part 
to the men and women who build this fantastic aircraft, but especially 
the crew from Marietta, Georgia who piloted the ``Most Memorable Flight 
of 1999.''

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