CNN 2012-04-23

 I have loved my work at the University of Tennessee. It’s been awesome 1. And I can say for almost 4 decades it has been a privilege to make and impact on the lives of 161 women who have worn the orange. Legendary 2 women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt who has won more game than any college basketball coach is stepping down. The former University of Tennessee head coach made this announcement yesterday, 8 months after announcing she has early onset 3 Al disease. She get some unexpected news right before her retirement 4 speech. 

President Obama announced that summit will be awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom. That is the highest civilian 5 honor given out by the U.S. government. 
Discovery official belongs to the Smithsonian now. The space shuttle rolled into its new home yesterday for this official induction 6 ceremony. It was accompanied by former astronauts including John Glenn one of American’s first astronauts who also flew a mission on discovery. He talk about what lies ahead for the retired 7 shuttle. 
Today discovery takes on a new mission less dynamic perhaps but nonetheless important. It will be on display, not only as a testament 8 to events our time but also as an inspiration to future generations.
Earlier this week we reported on a solar flare 9 on the surface of the sun. Scientists said it was just a medium sized flare. What is that mean? We wanted to give you some perspective on what that’s all about. Chad Myers is going to help us out. To give you an idea because I have a different colored image behind me, just to kind of give you a sense of scale, the sun right here, that would be the size of the earth. You could put 20 earths or so inside just that circle where the explosion occurred. So the size, the  enormous size of the sun is something to imagine but when you put the earth into context, you realize how big that explosion really was.
It’s time for the shout out. Which of these US military aircraft is a cargo 10 plane? If you think you know it then shout it out. It’s the B52, C5, F18 or T6. You got have 3 seconds, go.
The letters help give it away. C stands for cargo, so the right choice here is the C5. That’s your answer and that’s you shout out. But the C5 isn’t just a cargo plane. It is one of the largest aircraft in the world and it’s only one that can transport any of the U.S. Army’s combat equipment. Now I can talk to you all day about how massive this thing is, but you going to get a better sense of its size by taking a look inside one.
I coming from Robins 11 are forces base. I want take a moments to show you something incredible. This is the C5. It’s America’s largest military aircraft. Right behind me see you the ladder goes up some 11 steps all the way into the aircraft. The flight deck on the top three stories off the ground. Inside it is just amazing. I mean, take look at how big this thing is. This plane is so huge, you could actually transport another plane inside of it or tanks or H. to give you more of an idea in a civilian way, it’s about 2/3 the length of a football field. Believe it or not, there’s more than one floor. On this deck, you have got plenty of room. In fact, this place, this area could be outfitted 12 with plenty of chairs to seat 75 service members. No surprise at all that even the flight deck is tremendous. In fact, you could sit 6 people here very comfortably including C .who happens to work on this aircraft. Can you give us a few pointers of some amazing facts of this plane? Just due to the sheer size like you said, it has over 100 miles of wiring throughout all the aircraft. And then also fun fact about the aircraft that you can fly the wright brother’s first flight within the cargo bay itself. Well., I hope you enjoyed that quick tour of an amazing aircraft the C5. Reynolds Wolf, CNN, Robins air forces base.
Teacher Appreciation 13 week is just a few weeks away and we give you the chance to give your teachers a shout out on our show. We are looking for your i reports just you in front of a camera talking about you favorite or most inspirarional teacher. Here is one we got last year. 
My name is Kenzie from B middle school in B, Ohio. I would have to say my favorite teacher is Ms.Cox. Cause she doesn’t hold anything against you and she is very carrying and always gives you candy. I love you Ms. Cox.
Perfect. You can send us your Teacher Appreciation week i Reports by going to the Spotlight 14 section on our home page. Remember, no music keep it to 15 seconds or less. The deadline to get these in is one week from today. So get to it. Finally, we are heading to a youth hockey tournament in Texas, but it’s probably not like one you seen before. This is sled hockey. The players are between 6 and 13, they all have some kind of disability. Some don’t have the use of their legs. Others can’t use their arms. But it’s not keeping them off the ice. A tournament official said, quote. It’s not your disability that makes you who you are, it’s your abilities and what you do with them.
See, it’s not all crazty animals and eating competitions in out before we go segment. Sometimes we close on an ice story. The puck stop here for now. Have a great weekend. For CNN student news. I’m Carl Azuz.