A Day in Life of US Air Force Pilots Operating US Largest Aircraft

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@bks252 10 ай бұрын

My Dad worked on the original C5-A. I have a framed picture in my house of the first flight with the signatures of the test pilots and lead engineers. My Dad was extremely proud of this aircraft. He loved his job at Lockheed Georgia.

@youwebz 10 ай бұрын

I loved watching them come into RAAF Richmond, NSW Australia whilst playing golf with my Dad. Truly a brilliant aircraft.

@AZtashi Ай бұрын

Would love to see that picture

@c.a.saunders2819 10 ай бұрын

I've read many of the comments below here, and there are so many posts from men that served, and spent time working on this incredible aircraft in service to our nation. I'm so impressed with all that you each had done in your daily working lives on these aircrafts. Greatest respect, and sincere thanks to all of you, and all that served and are serving. God bless each of you everyday, in every way. 🇺🇲 C A

@MrFloydSaunders 10 ай бұрын

I was stationed at Dover AFB from January 1974 to June 1975. The C-5 is a workhouse of the Air Force cargo work. Prior to Dover I was stationed at Anderson AFB, a primary base for B-52s. After Dover I was stationed At Myrtle Beach AFB, with the A-10. In 5 years of active duty, I service in SAC, MAC and TAC units. I later served in the active reserves at Travis AFB where we had both C-141s and C-5s. All great experiences.

@OzSpud72 4 ай бұрын

A-10 omg

@AndyG_64 10 ай бұрын

Me : damn Airbus landing gear is unnecessarily complex … C-5 : hold my beer …

@jessemerrellmerrell7353 9 ай бұрын

I was stationed at Dobbins AFB, Ga in 1966-68. We shared runways with the adjoining Lockheed plant where the C-5 was being designed then built. Many days watching the big bird do ground-only checkouts, then on duty the day of first actual takeoff, what a sight, nearly scary. So big, so heavy, would it really fly? Yes, she did. Magnificently.

@ShipOnTheSea1 Ай бұрын

My father was part of the original C5-A project, and I have a framed photo from its first flight, signed by the test pilots and lead engineers. He took immense pride in this aircraft and cherished his work at Lockheed Georgia-it's a piece of history that means so much to our family.

@darrellhagan6124 10 ай бұрын

I worked for an airline - Horizon Air - for a few years in the 1980s at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Kingsley field is a mix of military, commercial and private operations but is primarily an ANG base. It has a colorful background as a military base and utility center and as such, many types of aircraft have passed through, stopping for fuel etc. Kingsley Field also has one of the largest runways in the Northwest at over 10,000 ft. long. So in about summer 1985, maybe 1986 I don't remember for sure I was out on the ramp one day enjoying the sun and lo & behold in came a C5A Galaxy! After it was parked & shut down & crew disembarked, I cautiously approached and asked if I might be able to get a quick tour of the aircraft. The fellow whom I talked to was very nice and said "Sure thing, right after lunch!". So I went to my ticket counter and then about an hour or so later I got my little quick tour :). Was SO cool!. I got to walk through the whole length of the aircraft, got a quick peek into the cockpit, got to see engines up close, etc. The guys were really enjoying their jobs and it showed. A few hours later, the C5A departed. I'll never forget that day.

@fredb380 6 ай бұрын

During some of my years in the AF, I worked as a hydraulic mechanic on both the C5A and the C141 at Altus AFB in 1970. That C5 was a monster to work on as all the hydraulic components and flight control packs were so large.

@thejerseyj5479 10 ай бұрын

While cam0ingxat the racetrack in Dover Delaware, we saw a C5 coming in for a landing. It was making a low slow final turn toward the runway and was only several hundred feet adove us. It was impressive and I'll never forget it.

@chucknovak4830 10 ай бұрын

No mention of the clamp detail. 30 days in the hole.. Every rubber electrical harness clamp on every one of the 81 original legacy aircraft needed replaced. The harness clamps were disintegrating due to temperature variations and were causing chaffing on many of the electrical bundles.. Dover AFB was one of the bases with 36 aircraft requiring clamp replacement. Each aircraft required approximately 30 days in ISO to accomplish this detail. Working 2-3 shifts rotating around the clock.. Proud to be apart of the detail. I was able to travel to every nook & cranny of this ginormous beast.. Including the t-tail ladder & hatch areas We had to remove all of the wall panels & throughout the landing gear & smaller mechanics under the floors & compartments.. What a task using new Teflon & asbestos clamps..1976 & on... From a former TF39 jet engine mechanic. .USAF 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@1guysview232 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for all of your hard work & long hours. Great job! GO USAF!🇺🇸🛫

@bklover99 10 ай бұрын

ISO dock was an amazing way to see every corner of this aircraft

@c.a.saunders2819 10 ай бұрын

@chucknovak4830, Thank you for your incredible work Chuck. Great respect for what you did, and why you did it. Just such an impressive aircraft, and operation. Thanks again, and hope you're doing well. 🇺🇲 C A

@NeroontheGoon 10 ай бұрын

Thank god they are turning those POS TF39’s into custom boat anchors. The General Electric CF6-80C2 made the C-5.

@FlyDog79 10 ай бұрын

Oh the sound of the thrust reversers on the C-5A! ❤

@HobbitHomes263 9 ай бұрын

Back in 1974 I was heading home on leave from Germany. I managed to snag a space A seat on a C5A. I was the only passenger. Got a grand tour and got to sit in the bact of the cockpit for a couple hours. Its a jaw dropping piece of tech back then

@whodatdere2415 10 ай бұрын

I kinda miss being woke up in the middle of the night and driving to the hangar. Then you hear the C5 land at the airfield. After loading up our Army Blackhawks you climb up the back stairs to sit near the base of the tail.. facing backwards. You can hardly tell when it is taxing and which direction it was turning. Pretty smooth flight too unless you had to do a mid air refueling. It felt like you were barely hanging in the sky with the engines speeding up and slowing down trying to stay in position.

@MarieannLangworthy 10 ай бұрын

😊

@MarieannLangworthy 10 ай бұрын

The 3rd is the only way to go with the es una de

@roseanneroseannadanna9651 10 ай бұрын

It was surreal to watch them fly in and out of Dobbins AFB/NAS in Marietta . GA. The seemed to just barely be hanging in the air!

@wolveswithoutteeth 9 ай бұрын

…you described the C-5 flight exactly. I flew from Spain to Dover, Delaware a few times. Such an awesome experience. In-flight refueling was a trip.

@OD12232 9 ай бұрын

Keeping my fingers crossed I am assigned!

@Ronin4614 10 ай бұрын

I was glad to see you including the jacks and the landing gear. The articulations the gear have to make are quite impressive, it would have been worth another minute or two to zero in on that topic.

@robertstrickland2121 10 ай бұрын

I was a flight sim tech in the late 70’s, remember the change from the black F4 tape to the Orange F4 tape ( nato requirement). I remember seeing huge piles of the black tape that they took off the C5, piles taller than I was. Unbelievable just how much F 4 tape is used to wrap connectors on these planes.

@jaybee9269 10 ай бұрын

C-5M seems to have been an excellent program. They still have a huge flight engineer panel; must be one of the last anywhere in the West.

@Harv3st 9 ай бұрын

Living in Dover DE my entire life, I see these beasts every single day since I was young. They are so much quieter now than they used to be.

@thomashelm6931 9 ай бұрын

I was a C-141A loadmaster in the early 70s . It seems like half of the time I was taking aircraft parts to broken down C-5A that had " challenges" fulfilling the Mission to which it was built for. Regardless, after a significant influx of cash and little changes, such as the wing root and engines, 50 years (half century) later, it can complete it's Mission. The C-141A,B and C has come and gone, the fantastic C-17 has been in the inventory for years now. C-5M is proof that if you throw enough money into a program, it will work. Eventually. Glad to see it, honestly, fantastic, as it should have been from the beginning

@spidychief1693 5 сағат бұрын

Also a 141 lm for 14 years and a c5 lm for 2. Hated the C5,always broken down.

@zempoalabama 10 ай бұрын

I hope the next edition will include a video showing the amazing aft door modification that the C5-C has.

@damxgopak457 10 ай бұрын

I was a c141 crew chief a c5 landed at the base once got to check it out and fuel her up and launch it I was totally in awe at its immense size and the wicked sound it made.

@RickDuBose-o8q 3 ай бұрын

If you know your USAF aircraft, you ALWAYS know that C-5 WHINE!!

@ColonelJohnmatrix1000 10 ай бұрын

We plan to run them for another 25 years. The airframes are still needing little maintenance for stress creases. Wings will upgraded soon.

@bklover99 10 ай бұрын

It was great getting the alert call and doing such a fun job

@dennisschreiber7663 7 ай бұрын

Was a crew chief on the C-5 (FRED) for 2 years at Travis AFB. The aircraft sometimes was a big PITA but learned a lot while working on it and was able to travel to a lot of interesting places.

@tonyparete6892 10 ай бұрын

Those 60-ton wheeled jacks are gonna be in some airman's nightmares for the rest of his life.

@ap8409 3 ай бұрын

I've flown on C-130's, C-141's, and C-5's while in the USAR. The C-5 was super smooth.

@stephencruz885 3 ай бұрын

I attended (the former) Northrop University Institute of Technology Aviation Technician School to get my A&P license. The campus was located directly underneath the approach path to runway 24 of LAX less than half a mile away. All day long large aircraft would be flying a mere couple of hundred feet (or so it seemed) right above us. Occasionally, a C5 would come in to LAX. Whenever that happened, it would set off all the car alarms in the parking lot on campus. Loved the sound of those TF-39s!

@tjmcguire9417 4 ай бұрын

Incredible machine. The people who work her ... No words. You are all the best. Thank you.

@stevelukoski7152 10 ай бұрын

We flew them on tdys . Nothing but awe !

@geoffrees4750 10 ай бұрын

Great video in the daily life of maintenance crews, cannot recall any mention of the pilots !

@greggosline3558 9 ай бұрын

agree completely. dont know why they titled it that way

@thomasjacques5286 10 ай бұрын

I loaded and unloaded many C5s in my 22 years as a MAC Port Dawg.

@peterjannitto6520 4 ай бұрын

Blasting around in the K loader.

@abdul-qf2fe 10 ай бұрын

Very impressive technological prowess,pilot dedication,training programs, and maintenance personnel. this makes one think that America's influence is still prevailing.great content 😎👍

@1guysview232 10 ай бұрын

Please don't forget the GROUND CREWS working in Air Freight, Fleet Service, 780 Section (for equipment configuration), Traffic Contol/Load Planning, Ground Transportation (crew buses), Passenger Service, Maintenance (of course!), and others who help to keep this beast functional, maximally utilized, and flying 24/7 every day of the year. Thanks to all of you!🇺🇸🛫

@abdul-qf2fe 10 ай бұрын

@1guysview232 they all doing great work, of course 👏 👍

@gordonallen9095 3 күн бұрын

Pictures and film doesn't do the Galaxy justice. It's an airframe that has to be SEEN to be BELIEVED. For its size, the C-5 seems to defy gravity when taking off and airborne.

@rivkaclifford427 10 ай бұрын

When you see them taking off, it's hard to believe they're ever gonna get off the ground. They appear to be going very slowly and they are so huge.

@peterjannitto6520 4 ай бұрын

Took my in-laws to Kelly AFB when they visited us when I was in nav training at Randolph. Parked my car under the approach end as 2 C-5 were on final , just next to the VASI lighting. It felt like you'd be crushed like a bug as they slid down the glideslope. They had never experienced that before, so it was great to share with them. Awesome airplane.

@haroldeckert7927 10 ай бұрын

Very nice I was an avionics tech at Dover AFB 67-70. That C-133 at the beginning I worked on. Also many 141s and 124s. When enlistment was up in early 1970 they had me scheduled for C-5 school since Dover was to be receiving them . But I was in way back to University to complete college. Often wondered if I stayed in how the C-5 would be to work on. Those high wings look scary as the 133, and 141 one were especially in bad weather. Thanks for this historical vid. ❤

@noahkleugh9323 8 ай бұрын

I had the privilege of riding on a C-5 from Saudi Arabia to Nevada at the end of the Desert Storm. I found it amazing that the cargo hold was able to be pressurized.

@arthurgonzales7890 10 ай бұрын

What an amazing aircraft and all those who maintain it.

@eugenetaljaard7568 10 ай бұрын

Still waiting for “the day in a life of a pilot”…..

@Willysmb44 10 ай бұрын

I never got over missing that cross country C5 flight in 2000 from McChord to Pennsylvania. We got up to the passenger area behind the cockpit, even got handed the crew lunches then the crew chief said the nose gear just collapsed...

@The17romeo 10 ай бұрын

I was traveling on C5s when I was a dependent back in the sixties.... and then again when I served in Korea in the US Air Force. It's amazing when you stand outside of it and look at its sheer size and think how is it possible that this thing even gets off the ground?

@lordx2493 9 ай бұрын

ILove from iraq❤❤❤❤❤😊

@israelj.stallingsjr5440 10 ай бұрын

I've been on three and I'm letting you know. When they take off with all that equipment on board. And personal Is crazy. It fills like you are not getting off the ground.

@Jerry_SWMO 10 ай бұрын

I expected to see a day in the life of a C5 crew. I saw a history of the C5. Now I notice in the comments it says design and development.

@joeyd2715 10 ай бұрын

I was an inspector and a prototype mechanic on the first 13 of the C-17 and I believe the cargo area is bigger, width and probably height, though not as long as the C-5 and can handle more payload. The C-5 is cool though. I like them all from the C-130 on.

@jeffbricker8763 10 ай бұрын

I believe the C-5 payload is about 270,000 lbs, quite a bit move than the C-17 171,000 lbs.

@joeyd2715 10 ай бұрын

@@jeffbricker8763 Yep that makes sense, it's been a while, I think maybe the comparison was with the 141

@ahill209 9 ай бұрын

I'm surprised there was no mention of the engine upgrade with the C-5M. Originally called RERP, it was merged into the C-5 AMP program. It's a VERY significant upgrade to the C-5 because along with it came upgrades in the electrical, hydraulic, and environmental control systems and the associated reliability, performance, and operating cost improvements.

@LA-ep2nr Ай бұрын

Former C-141 Starlifter Flt. Engineer here. I flew ACM on a C-5 in 1983. What an incredible aircraft.

@mahmoodsoleja9068 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic ! 🌟

@danieljorge746 3 ай бұрын

I definitely miss my job in air transportation I served 32 years but 25 in air transportation and I serviced the C-5 in cargo and troops/passengers up until the E model and then I retired in 2012

@MrRSKC Ай бұрын

I worked engines at Travis on C5-A, B and C .... never heard of a "E" model

@hailongnguyen7526 10 ай бұрын

That period from 2013 to 2015 was very suitable and effective for the arrangement of systems.

@robertwilkins8357 16 күн бұрын

I know maybe im goofy, but I regret i could not have be born smart to have been part of this during my 4 years in the Air Force 1962. Being 83 it is worse my brain is loosing what I had. I do have an honorable . I have this. This was the only part of my life that means anything!

@mohawahba 7 ай бұрын

I did enjoy the video.

@rfd615 10 ай бұрын

I remember seeing the 5A being flown over Doraville GA in the 60”s.

@Bigbacon 8 ай бұрын

shout out to WV air guard, loved watching them flying this big beast at nearly tree top level right over my house.

@markt4297 9 ай бұрын

Back when Boeing made good aircraft. Last time I was in a C-5 was 1978.

@TPWW-tr3rr 10 ай бұрын

GOD BLESS, GUIDE, PROTECT, AND KEEP IN GOOD HEALTH THE USA MILITARY (And PARTNERS) AND ALL THEIR LOVED ONES!!! IN JESUS NAME!!! 🙏 🙏 🙏

@pdd6016 10 ай бұрын

❤Thank You For Your Service❤

@HAWKSTA24 10 ай бұрын

Blah blah blah

@eliasjr.dunlao2662 10 ай бұрын

Amazing

@willconner3318 10 ай бұрын

Worked these large beautiful birds at Travis AFB, CA from Nov 88 to Jun 92. We had a mix of these and C-141s. Nothing quite sounds like the C-5 on take off and landing.

@bharatbasnet8900 10 ай бұрын

Very good job🌹

@fredericasteller8939 10 ай бұрын

Interesting information!

@garymiller5937 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting video. Thank you very much 👍! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

@scottinkga 10 ай бұрын

I don’t know why he didn’t just say that the C-model was built specifically to move the cargo containers that went in the Shuttle. In fact the modification was called, “Space Cargo Mod”.

@glennbrown1967 10 ай бұрын

No, the "space cargo mod" was just that and still an A model. My brother was a test pilot certifying that mod.

@zempoalabama 10 ай бұрын

@@glennbrown1967 Well, yep, both of the two airframes that we modified at Lockheed (1984-1986. The SCM program) began their life as C5-As... but were THEN 'rebadged' C5-Cs.

@zempoalabama 10 ай бұрын

The C5-C mod could also carry a Boeing Chinook helicopter in the aft section.

@terrystephens1102 10 ай бұрын

Another example of the superlative American aeronautical design and manufacture processes. 👌👌👌🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@ArlynMick 10 ай бұрын

Hats off to whoever had that landing at about the 5:15 mark: buttah!

@cmscms123456 8 ай бұрын

14:04 I didnt know uniforms came in that size... ??? I need to talk to the Commander. NOW!

@daviddenham1511 6 ай бұрын

My Grandad was crew on the first Vulcan bomber flight…..beat that!

@zaveve18 10 ай бұрын

Good vídeo ❤❤❤

@davechapman7735 10 ай бұрын

Excellent report thank you. I very much enjoyed watching it.

@ratratrat59 10 ай бұрын

cool! thank you

@WillyQ-lp8dc 10 ай бұрын

,, Sooner there will be a larger than that.👏👍😍

@michaelsadams524 10 ай бұрын

Thank you all for your attention to detail. It is impressive.

@taristazin2073 9 ай бұрын

As the military continues to lower its standards, we are going to start to see these things coming apart in midair.

@mmichaeldonavon 9 ай бұрын

8076. One of the first C141's to be built. Is an A model. I worked on this exact airplane "way back when" when stationed at McGuire AFB, NJ. It was basically a transient plane with a couple of Avionic problems. Was so short as compared to the B models. :-) Ret. MSgt. Avionics.

@CS_247 9 ай бұрын

A gear swing test on that tbing must be a nightmare... 😂

@lonestarintn9137 3 ай бұрын

Worked 619th MASS (Enroute) Hickman AFB back in 88-92. We called them FRED’s 😂

@LJDRVR 10 ай бұрын

The TF-33 did not drive ANY civilian development, it was quite the other way around. Pratt & Whitney designed the JT-9D, but the engine had poor aerodynamics and fuel control unit issues that resulted in engine deformation and uncommanded shutdown in flight. Pratt was unwilling and unable to properly diagnose and repair these issues on their own. Boeing operations (Manufacturing) in Everett Washington during the 747 certification program turned their attention to the motor. After dissembling one and running some computational scenarios, they discovered the stators were insufficiently reinforced and needed stiffening. Boeing’s discovery is what saved the JT-8D/TF-33 engine.

@dmunz7015 7 ай бұрын

Flew from Elmendorf AFB Anchorage to McCord AFB Seattle and had to climb to get to the passenger seats at the top of the plane.

@Edmonchuck 4 ай бұрын

at 2:24, what is avionic aviation? I guess it is better than Lead Balloon Aviation?

@Deltabravo169 10 ай бұрын

Glad it's just a day in the life of the pilots. Not the Engineers, Loadmasters, Nav, Crew Chief........

@mongolike513 10 ай бұрын

No wonder the pentagon fails audits. This unit must run at more than $100m a year ! Jeeze that is better value than a hospital !

@JUANARDGRIMITT 7 ай бұрын

My last days on active duty (NAVY) took one of these back to the states from Kenya in '95

@deshawnclemons5987 Ай бұрын

I miss that C-5 scream

@onlylivingicon 10 ай бұрын

Thought I'd see real questions about Fred. Had a few beers on one once.

@BeechSportBill 10 ай бұрын

AFROTC Cadets from Washington State University climbed on one of the first test aircraft at Edwards 1967.

@Trust_but_Verify 10 ай бұрын

Takes a lot of team work to get everything done safely and transport logistics around the world. Part of the military service people don't think about.

@teresamorris447 10 ай бұрын

I flew on one a very smooth flight we did even know he landed they came up and told us we could get off now 😊

@Railway_Railfan 10 ай бұрын

Maybe little known fact: Standard procedure to use (i.e., deploy) inboard thrust reversers in-flight. Usually to slow decent...C-5A/B/C...Not sure about the M-Series; never flew them. We usually gave the Loadmasters in the Pax compartment a heads up first because it would vibrate so strongly in the tail.