USMC CH-53E Super Stallion-2025 Centerpoint Energy Dayton Airshow

We have a little bit of an ambulance coming through here for some heating casualties. So again, stay on the water today. Please, if you're not drinking something right now, have one in your hand and start drinking water. Hydrate yourself, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Again, if you're not going, you're not drinking enough, so keep drinking. Sunscreen slows dehydration down. Staying hydrated, staying ahead of the curve. We have lots of first aid people here. Don't be shy about that. Get you the help you need. And over your left shoulder right now, Marines are coming on board. Just to give you an idea of how big this helicopter is, look at it over there. Now it's 50 miles away. It's a big, big, big helicopter. I'll tell you, this thing is just huge. Look at how massive this thing is when it comes around here. It is the largest helicopter, Rick, in the American military right now. Massive machine. It even sounds big. This one's being operated today by the Marines, isn't it, Ricky? Phoenix. There you go. Phoenix Major Wright. How about that for the Wright name at this air show, right? I love it. And he's from right here in Ohio. So who knows? Maybe he's actually related to the Wright family. Could be. That's what the big O on the rotor is for, right? There you go. I'm sorry, Matt. I think we have to appropriate this up just a little bit musically because I am a fan of the big and the chunky. Here we go. I got to do this because this airplane is huge. This airplane is big. This airplane is chunky. And I like why aviation is big and chunky. I like the sound and the size of this helicopter. You can feel it when it walks by. You can feel its girth. You can feel its size. And, man, it can transport more than its weight. One of the largest and most powerful helicopters in the military arsenal. 100 feet in length, gross weight, 50,000 pounds. Heavy-lift workhorse capable of carrying 30 combat loadings. Vehicles and supplies in even the toughest conditions. Precise flying that you're seeing right now, too, by Ohio's own Major Wright. Co-signed Phoenix. Now just listen to the sound of these rotating wings creating an up-lift. They keep 50,000 pounds of gross weight flying precisely. And our captain now, the skipper, Phoenix, Major Wright, is going to put it through some interesting paces. Now at this point, this is when all of the Marines would come running out of the back end of this thing, delivering the long arm of the American law. But look at this helicopter, the largest in the American military today. As Rick Peterson pointed out, a heavy lifter of your United States Marine Corps. Launched a seal boat right out of the back of it. It's a truly versatile, versatile platform there. Stage 53. It's big, and it's chunky. Rivaled today only. There she goes, the CH-53, headed back now. Got to stay hydrated. Got to keep yourself in the game here today. Just got to get that feeling. It's a warm one today, but we're going to stay hydrated. We're going to drink lots of water. Keep drinking that water. And like Rick said, reapply the sunscreen. It helps. Oh, it helps a lot. Not as much as water helps, but it helps. It helps. There's plenty on hand. Well, as the CH-53 comes over top, Rick, we are, I think we should talk a little bit about this love story we're about to see. It's coming out right now. This phenomenal love story we're about to see, the helicopter is going to transition high over the top. But we have Carol and Joe who are out there right now, ready, ready and waiting. To act it out with passion and commitment. Yes, to talk about, well, to talk about love. Well, Rick, tell us a little bit about this love story, this romance that we're about to see. Okay, I don't know what that was, that news intro there, but go ahead.