Insane Screamer | USAF - Lockheed C-5B Galaxy incredible SHORT take off from Gdansk Airport !!

Speakers UP for departure!
Look at all this crowd! United States Air Force / Air Reserve Command Lockheed C-5B* Galaxy (87-0041 / 127th C5 built) from 439th Airlift Wing based in Westover Air Reserve Base takes off from Gdansk (Poland) Lech Walesa Airport, runway 29 after delivering US equipment for upcoming military exercise.
This is a 2nd visit of the type at this airport - previous one was 28 years ago.
Im positive this thing used less runway than a Dash8 Q400.
Jump to 3:35 if you want to skip the taxi.
Recorded with Panasonic SD90 - color correction in Sony Vegas.
Probably the catch of my life so moved it from the old channel.
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Start Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Amerykańskich Sił Powietrznych z lotniska w Gdańsku.
26/05/2016
11:30
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[@richardmazzara6242]

This has to be the best C-5 takeoff video on the entire Internet.....I keep coming back. This is like the 10th time I've visited this......and I always watch it a couple of times at least each visit. I guess it's because we can't ever get that sound again in real life, now that they've updated them. So yeah, this is the one for that "fix" we need every so often.....

[@frogfoot_media]

Thanks, means a lot

[@richardmazzara6242]

@iconoclast That's a nice video of a landing and a takeoff of the "Beast" but it was after the new engines replaced the original "screamer" ones. So that's why it sounds completely different than this video here. But thanks for the link!

[@darinbell6982]

I used to love seeing those take off out of El Toro back in the day. I could always hear it before I could see it.

[@Yelloww]

Planes and Games I remember watching Gag’s videos as soon as they went live back when he was getting footage of the last A’s airborne. Good stuff

[@Billy_Darley]

@@darinbell6982 seems like i remember them flying in and out of Castle once in a while. id have to ask my dad it he ever saw these there. he worked there in the service and as a civilian up until it closed. Malmstrom is way overdue for the chopping block. contrary to popular belief it is absolutely not needed. they could literally service the missiles up at the national guard.

[@richardmoebes4275]

Was privileged to fly these bad boys for 15 years. It's an amazing airplane in so many ways. The aerial refueling was probably the most challenging part of flying but it opened up a whole new aspect of the plane's capabilities. Loved flying it.

[@bobballon5799]

Me TOO

[@jackwertz8301]

My only experience refueling these bad boys was in an R-9 fuel truck when I was stationed at Mather AFB, CA. We had hydrants but they didn't extend to the transit ramp. Had to fill em with with fuel trucks at about 4500 gallons a piece.

[@jackwertz8301]

323 SUPS/POL 85-89

[@jackwertz8301]

I was lucky enough to fly in a C-5 out of Rhein Main and RAF Mildenhall. My daughter's first ever plane ride was out of Mildenhall.

[@geraldwilson9843]

I was stationed at Naval Station Rota Spain70. 73 for my last 2 years i worked transit line. Ran the panel to refuel C 141 and just got certified to refuel C5 towards the end of of my tour. I was Navy but the majority of aircraft i refueled were Air Force. Most c141 and c5s came from Mcguire AFB

[@WA4Dog]

Well I’ll add one of my C-5A Stories to the comments. As a Cameraman for NBC news, Me and 2 other colleagues flew Via C-5A to Dover AFB In Delaware. from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (via Zaragoza) during Desert Shield. 1990. (the run up to Desert Storm). As I recall we left Zaragoza, Spain in late afternoon. The aircraft bay was empty and there was seating on the upper deck for about 25. Around 10pm the Crew chief stopped by our seats and said, “Hey. You guys want to play Frisbee?”- we laughed and said Hell Yeah!-- We climbed down into the bay behind the crew chief - and he turned on the lights and “BOOM!” The huge empty cargo area was totally alight. He pulled a well worn frisbee from the wall of the aircraft- and we took positions 50- feet away - and here comes an expertly thrown frisbee. Our way!!! It was a hoot! We played for about 15 minutes- some where in a box I have a still photo of us with frisbee in the air-- When we arrived at Dover AFB there was some kind of Drill underway- where C-5A’s and C17’s. - were doing the equivalent of Touch and Go- except their “Go” was to climb immediately after take off in a tight spiral up to some specific altitude. One after the other. We watched drop-jawed for an hour on landing as this exercise continued. I don’t know what it was called - but it was interesting. As if it were some kind of emergency sortie exercise.

[@pyrocali68]

I have a friend who flies fighters in the USAF and he said they do drills where they practice launching as many airplanes as fast as possible in the event of a air raid on a base. I guess many bases do not have hardened bomb resistant hangers because of the cost of building them so they put more effort into having the ability to defend/deter attack. You can not use a hardened hanger to bomb the enemy. Its a trade off between having more planes to fight a war or a fixed structure, He said depending on the threat picture often the fighters are kept fueled and with air to air missiles loaded so all you need is the pilot. In one of the Israel-Arab wars the bulk of the Syrian and Egyptian air forces were destroyed on the ground in a massive and highly successful air raid, They had a decent warning of tens of minutes but were unprepared to scramble their aircraft. They saw the planes coming on radar but they did not react fast enough. More or less the same thing happened to the Soviet Union when Germany attacked. He said they especially practice scrambling as many aircraft as they can from bases in Europe and more eastern Europe and South Korea because of the far shorter time to react from attack from Russia, North Korea, and China. They try to scramble the cargo planes also because in a air raid many of the attackers will be bombers or fighter bombers focused on the ground attack not on shooting down enemy cargo planes. Better to get your C-5s, C-17s, etc. up and away where perhaps they can scatter and reach a safe base.

[@geraldinalagos]

That sounds awesome!

[@pierredecine1936]

I spent 3 yrs at Dover ...

[@chrisbaker2903]

My first duty station in the Air Force was at March AFB, which was at that time 22nd Bomb Wing Headquarters. We had 30 B-52C and 30 B-52D bombers with 10 or 12 on the ready alert line. While I was there we had a couple of Operational Readiness Inspections(ORI). We got notified about 15 minutes after their plane landed. In less than another 15 minutes the first Buff was rolling on the runway and when it was about a third of the way down the runway number 2 was rolling and after that it would be 1 lifting off 1 halfway down the runway and 1 starting till they were all gone. The last 3 or 4 takeoffs were a bit wobbly from all the turbulence from the previous launches. I guess nobody will ever see another MITO launch of B-52s. I've forgotten exactly what MITO stood for, possibly Minimum Interval Takeoff.

[@cliffordadventures3774]

I’m from Delaware thats cool man live 25mins from there

[@mikec7478]

This was a frequent sound when I was growing up but never got tired of it. I would scramble out of the house like a scalded cat to catch a glimpse as they flew over on test flights after being manufactured. Truly the good old days.

[@jackwertz8301]

Never get tired of the sound of those engines. Sounds even better from the inside! My daughter's first ever flight in an aircraft was a C5 we flew from RAF Mildenhall to Dover AFB. AIRPOWER!

[@jerrymunsch1349]

There will NEVER be another sound like this one!

[@hectorfregoso3034]

That’s incredibly amazing to see something like that fly over our skies , that large and heavy and to take off so quickly, wow I’m so amazed

[@RMB42]

Massive thrust + massive lift + light (or no) load = short take off roll

[@TheHDAviation]

What a catch, the C-5 is such a beast! Nice to see the big crowd out enjoying some spotting.

[@Tarheel13]

Have mercy!!!

[@miketrafford2571]

Inside galaxy airforce plane

[@bwacuff169]

MILITARY: We need a new heavy lift aircraft. ENGINEER *SLAPS FOUR DEMONS, TWO WINGS AND A PILE OF WHEELS ON A RANDOM GRAY WAREHOUSE*: Good to go!

[@georgebowen2935]

BW Acuff Awesome description 👍

[@nelod9863]

Now that's amazing picture you just made bro.

[@bilanoid22]

LMMFAO very good description if you weren't able to see what it was lol....

[@LastExile1989]

You killed me with that one.

[@timscalla8685]

Bruh...i just choked laughing lol

[@scott.c9587]

love the sound of those engines

[@joeh4295]

R.S Cherry brings back memories of my career

[@Disco102]

I was a flight engineer on the C 5 galaxy for about 15 years. I really enjoyed flying on it. Disco J.

[@hooperjaee]

TF-39 engine rocks

[@dwsullivan8583]

I worked at local airport for TransWorld in late 90's. Working the 2nd shift i would wait for the DC-10 Cargo planes from the likes of Fed Ex to take off. Love that sound tooo

[@michaelschumacher3701]

@@hooperjaee yep it is a modified pw jt-9d

[@jerrycallender9352]

The voice of the C-5 Galaxy is unique, not heard in any other aircraft.

[@michaelfarrell8133]

The sound of a Lockheed C5 or any Boeing widebody on take off gives me goosebumps! There's no sounds like them! 👍

[@RichardShelton]

That sound gives me goosebumps every time!

[@amillionviews888]

I Love the engine sound when it takes off. Goose bumps

[@matthewcarlon7122]

Thank you for uploading this video. I have been looking for this for ages. I am an air force brat and I miss the old engines and sounds of non stop air traffic and have not slept the same since.

[@jeffpalmer5502]

wow that is one of the best sound catches I've ever heard from a c-5a on KZbin awesome!

[@frogfoot_media]

B* typo in the video ;) Thanks!

[@voiceluckan]

I’m watching this from behind a screen and still had to lower the volume, I can only imagine, the people who were close to it must have felt like their ears were about to burst. What an absolute beast

[@davidrspencer8108]

A C5 was one of several great airplanes on display at the Opening of DFW Airport in 1973. I walked through it. It seems a Toyota Tercel could make a 3 point turn around inside.

[@Gambet7021]

Size and power combined...just watching that C5A aerial giant solar and the sweet sounding TF39 engines are really a refresher- ahhhhhh! Simple therapy.

[@davidcarter805]

Wow. Up up and away in a short!

[@Pauldon1940]

Climb two stair cases, one to get from the ground to the deck and that tall staircase to the top where there were seats for approximately 78 passengers. We did not have anything in the cargo bay but it was a thrill to fly from Yakota AB, Japan to McCord AFB, WA. Amazed it got off the ground.

[@mcahill135]

Saw my first C-5A Galaxy in late 1969 I think. Eglin AFB Fla. The jet was taking off Rwy 13. (They were doing temperature testing in the Climatic Hanger there at Eglin.) My mom was driving on the perimeter road around the runway. She pulled over and stopped. We were in awe. The next thing we saw was three tires departing the end of the runway and going into the swamp on the departure end of the runway. From 1986 until 2014, I air refueled these beast all over the world. Stationed at Altus AFB - C-5 schoolhouse there at the time. Lackland AFB is the current schoolhouse. Always knew when a C-5A was around by that howl from those engines.

[@habotssar8429]

I really love the doppler effect of the engines of the C5 Galaxy!!

[@thecrazydinosauroid6939]

I got to see one at an airshow when they still sounded like this. I feel so lucky to have heard this shrilling sound in the flesh

[@karenmaxwell6386]

😳that's amazing, fantastic lift off.

[@michaelkennedy5803]

Fantastic video. That and the Avro Vulcan, the two sexiest sounding aircraft out there. Wish I had experienced them in the flesh.

[@stevewilliams3850]

Richard Mazzara : I was in the U.S. Navy and stationed at N.A.S. Pensacola from September, 1978 till I got out of the Navy in December, 1982. I served in a squadron, VT-10 and also worked at AIMD : Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department. I worked on the flight line a lot when I was at VT-10. Back then C-5s often flew in and out of N.A.S. Pensacola. I got to see a whole lot of C-5s take off and land. It's awesome both ways. They can take off and land in short distances, I believe in less than 1,000 feet. When you're on the flight line and see a C-5 taking off, at first, you don't realize it's actually taking off. You think it's just taxiing down the runway a little ways; then it'll turn around and then take off. You don't realize it's taking off until the front end begins to lift off the ground. It's so big, it seems to be moving real slow. Your first thought is, "Hey buddy, you better put the pedal to the metal or start flapping them wings." You just can't believe it's actually taking off. And when you see one fixing to take off, you don't think..."Can it fly?" You know it can fly if it can get off the ground. You wonder, "Can it get off the ground?" They are so massive. I miss watching them take off. It is one of the most awesome things I've ever seen.

[@rustyalcorta3643]

C-5 I LOVE YOU INSANE SCREAMER!

[@johng669]

This was fantastic to watch. Thank you.

[@frogfoot_media]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulbornman7191]

Do you hear that? You don’t!? That my friend was the sound of freedom.

[@reggie93441]

This is crazy how she lift up from the ground....just majestic

[@Rhr-lv1pm]

That was amazing!!! Finally a title that fits!

[@stephenhunt8912]

Definitely has the older TF-39 engines, you can tell by the auxiliary air inlet doors and the rounded exhaust cones.

[@ashleesue]

People around the world have to be in awe of our military equipment and capabilities.

[@ArmyPL1981]

I was stationed at West Fort Hood. I saw these land and take off all the time. Its an amazing aircraft. Flying on one was even better.

[@pjdebenedetti3214]

I just lover her!!! She is one of my favorite!!! Go USAF!!!

[@kinkiesse7736]

Pilots knew many people came to watch so they decided to give them a show with a short take-off for maximum engine sound. Great job pilots

[@oscartaylor6264]

I worked for Delta Air Lines in Charleston, S. C. in the 70's and there was 30+ C-5A's based there. All they did was touch and go's day and night. What an awesome sight to see. Never got tired of watching them.

[@leeslentz517]

Hear this one time and you forever know what kind of plane it is even without seeing it the next time you hear one again.

[@applejacks971]

Flight Engineer "Cpt, I have all 10,000 angry vacuum cleaners wound up..." First Officer "Cpt, brakes are released" Captain "Aaaaand rotate..."

[@mamacatselliot]

Loved hearing these leaving Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts

[@wendell6468]

Used to see/hear these things all the time at Kelly AFB, TX. An amazing sight to see this aircraft takeoff n land...

[@henrys.6864]

They're still there but much quieter. C-5M's now.

[@DavidJohnson-sf3gb]

An awesome big bird! Flown on one very smooth super plane 👍 AWESOME!!

[@larcoal2963]

Good golly, that's LOUD!

[@brizzy991]

Galaxy and the bone now theres engines that will make you turn your head (sorry C5 galaxy and b1b lancer) american air muscle beautiful engineering respect to the crews that keep them immaculately and mission ready 24/7 , looking at a b52 documentary and the pilots said its the ground crews plane we only fly it and that gives you an insight into how much work it takes to keep a b52 fuelled and checked and loaded day or night at the drop of a hat and safe to fly aswell unbelievable amount of work nobody ever sees ,these guys are heroes to me for what they do to keep it flying total respect

[@craftchest]

One of these use to come over almost every morning at 9am formation. Smoke would give that look :/ every time lol. Still love it.

[@skibusch1]

While on Guam '70-'74, Anderson AFB, we could hear them come in long before seeing them. Amazing thrust on those engines. Almost as neat as watching the B-52's take off.

[@662wc5]

Nothing like the sounds of D model BUFFS screaming down the runway. Better yet, a whole string of them, 15 seconds apart.

[@larrybaird2129]

I had the pleasure of unloading these big puppies back in the early 70s. I was stationed at NAS Cubi Point Armory, Subic Bay, PI. 50 FT from the deck to the cockpit. The front and back end can open to unload. They can carry tons of amo and as far as I know they can carry a couple of M-1 tanks with all support gear and personnel. Amazing that this bird can fly at all.

[@MundaneMuser]

It's like a gigantic screaming beast, but also beautiful.

[@dunningkruger3774]

I saw my first one at Tachikawa AFB in Japan in 1971 next to a Boeing 747. I was in shock at the size of that thing.

[@raymondhaskins8204]

I watched these boys take off from Okinawa 1971 - 1972. Has one of the GE engines in our warehouse. Sound familiar? 12 feet high...30 feet long and 8 foot intake.... 144 thousand thrust pounds. Give or take. Seen the movie that Lockheed sent to the Air Force. Awesome.

[@Wolverines77]

I have flown on the "B" model one time from Dover AFB to Rota NAS in the fall of '87 (Space Available flight - visiting my parents stationed in Germany at the time). I grew up with C-5's being an almost daily fixture in my life having spent 9+ years of my childhood between Rhein Main AB and Ramstein AB (C-5's coming and going multiple times a day). The most intense/crazy thing I ever was witness to with C-5's happened when I was home at Ramstein on leave in Oct of '87. I was out on the high schools football field with some kids I had known from my time in JROTC who were practicing their Color Guard routine for the upcoming homecoming game. It was a very wet and blustery afternoon. Just guessing I would say the winds were gusting upwards of 40+ mph at cloud level as they were in a hurry to get to East Germany. We stopped to BS for a few minutes when we heard the screaming through the woods between the end of the runway and where thecschool was located. It seemed louder than normal. After about 30 seconds we caught a glimpse of the nose as it rose above the treeline. It was then that we all grew nervous as it looked as though that "bird" was standing still into that headwind. It felt like 5 minutes of hearing that C-5 fighting its way through to the base of the dark gray clouds. I know it was more like 2 to 2½ minutes but none of us were talking, but stareing at this battle of aerodynamics and physics play out before our eyes. I think the fast moving feathery wisps under those dark gray waterbags gave us the optical illusion that the C-5 was standing still at times.

[@st-qd8wg]

That's amazing plane with Real Woman and excellent Captain Flying it with gorgeous Engine 1/4 Runway amazing 🇺🇸 👍 🌎

[@MrCwatson3]

I think its awesome how the wings slant down a bit then straighten out once its in the air. Dat flex. Lol

[@thrummer1953]

I was fortunate enough to fly on one of those three times.

[@billyost1479]

... and that is exactly what it sounds like. Epic!

[@bpp325]

A lumbering behemoth seemingly from another world. ✌✌

[@paulpeterson8212]

For as large as that aircraft is it seemed like it took very little runway to get liftoff.

[@majorkong3617]

The old C-141 Starlifters had that same screaming buzz. Classic.

[@geroldfeick8953]

Wow that's really awesome this unique engine noise. It gives me goose bumps. And a stiff neck. Too bad that this machine is no longer seen in Stuttgart at the airport.

[@u4riahsc]

I was working for a contractor at MCAS El Toro during the first gulf war. Saw them putting helicopters inside C5 Galaxies, and I thought there’s no way that thing will fly, but the wheels just barely made it off the tarmac with no room to spare. I was able to go inside an empty one and it was huge inside. I think you could play basketball in one of those.

[@bobbeane7294]

This C-5 is from Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee Massachusetts.....I’m right in the flight path when they land coming from the West...also here is the 104th FW with F-15s! Great Video!

[@dewdewism]

Grrrr!x4.... I love the sound of this Beast of a Plane!

[@bubz1876]

Now thats the real sound of a c5. Nothing like the c5A !!

[@gissie391]

Amazing he got it offon such short length they are huge huge planes cesas etc lok like spec when in front of them.

[@Jaymindrew1990]

I remember seeing one of these things take off. I can attest to the huge metallic scream the jet engines make as it thunders into the air.

[@bobmarlowe3390]

I got to walk through one at Transpo '72 at Dulles airport. They are quite large. The West Virginia Air National Guard used to fly one and they would come to Greensboro to practice touch-and-go and full stop landings and take-offs. They were always fun to watch.

[@mikecarter3606]

I once had a " insane screamer",,wow she was loud

[@arkanissa5333]

C5 galaxy mean the mighty power .

[@MrPooh18]

Love the sound of those engines!

[@jamesinman1198]

So Cool! I love the C5! Nice take off!

[@jlaws63]

It's quite the sight watching these land at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.

[@GalileoAV]

Never thought I'd see a super-heavy four engined plane do STOL, but that one can.

[@gtbproductions1]

18 seconds to wheels up. Amazing

[@spikespa5208]

Gotta be almost empty. But still.........Wow.

[@TWOCOWS1]

HOWWWW??? it was almost a vertical takeoff!!!

[@soujrnr]

I'm not sure which one I'd like to fly better...a fighter or the C-5. I used to see them landing and taking off all the time in the Azores when I was stationed there. I also saw a few in Spain. I used to fly Cessnas in Spain, but I think I'd like to take a shot at the C-5! Talk about a big-ass beast!! Love it! I love the sound of those engines too!!

[@RuiPlaneSpotter]

Nice video!!

[@24dwrb]

😲 holy s*** Batman! That was awesome!

[@easygoing2479]

Wow. What a short roll and takeoff! Okay, now let’s see one take off without using the airport’s steam catapult.

[@demodemo4426]

Total beauty! Who says big girls ain't purty?

[@patrick4324]

America baby make us proud!!!

[@ATLfan]

Old guy alert!! I remember seeing C-5 all the time going in and out of Rhein Main AB Germany in the late 1980s.

[@joshua__oshua2371]

I nailed some insane screamers back in the 80s.😎

[@paganviodio]

I saw this in Stuttgart some years ago, the Engines were screaming so loud, that at least 5 minutes long I was partial deaf...Something like this to get in the air should be difficult, it is heavy, and the tribunes were "doing their best"...

[@bobdennison856]

o m g . . . between this Star Galaxy and the Stratofortress . . .

[@joedonellan8270]

What a ginormous hummer that is

[@nhala04]

Wow! They all gathered to watch the 'Galaxy'! Made in the U.S.A!

[@giuseppe397]

Reminds me of an Antonov. The wings and engine looks similar. I'm no expert though!

[@tulockthewerewolf9744]

Looked like it was going to stall for a second

[@skibusch1]

on Guam, we could always hear these guys before we could see them coming in. Yep, we'd say, here comes a C-5

[@ponchoremerize5508]

I think we need to add JATO (Jet/Rocket assisted take-off) to All military aircraft.

[@laughtoohard9655]

I can't believe how quickly rotate occurred.

[@gss7289]

They are loud, flew on one from Frankfurt to Dover AFB, and another time from Griffiss AFB to Nuremberg, extremely loud

[@kai-matthiasbast8612]

3:30 it looks like a massive drone without seeing the cockpit

[@patrickrancourt4782]

Nothing gonna beat US Air Force !!!!!

[@johneubanks5951]

Un-Damn-real...those engines were screaming like a mashed cat!..

[@wbwilhite]

It took roughly 20 seconds for this monster to become airborne.

[@midnyte6195]

I want to fly One when I'm older 😃🧸

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Imagine how many frozen hot dogs you could transport in this behemoth.

[@KiloByte69]

American superiority.

[@Jk29689]

This puppy from west over AFb in Chicopee Massachusetts, the patriots logo on the tail is a give away.