Inside the C-5 Super Galaxy: The Ultimate & Biggest Military Transport Aircraft,

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@AmalaMariah 4 ай бұрын

Earned some knowledge...well explainedd❤..

@Learnfromthebase 4 ай бұрын

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@gamingzonezone1 2 ай бұрын

How an automatic watch work make detailed video on this topic

@NagarajaNagu-h3n Ай бұрын

❤❤ Jai jet

@Salty_Balls 4 ай бұрын

The Air Force used to give kids tours of these at the Dayton Air Show when I was young. I got to sit in the pilot seat, it was like being in a 3 or 4 story building. They gave us kids unit patches and stickers, and the crew was always happy to show the bird off to us kids and our parents.

@dgsantafedave1 4 ай бұрын

I took a tour of the C-5 at Travis AFB and got to look out the forward hatch above the cockpit and see the vast wingspan of this plane. Very awe inspiring! They had this plane next to the B-52 and it made that plane look small!

@j.need4qlife483 5 ай бұрын

I have been a maintainer for the C-5A, B, C, and M models for 26 years. The C-5 Galaxy makes it possible to provide logistical support for vast amount of humanitarian crisises, infrastructure, and military. I have had the privilege to see the world to repair broke C-5's and years later, I have never been prouder of been part of C-5 history.

@cruisinguy6024 4 ай бұрын

That’s so cool you get to do that, these truly are a strategic asset and the C-5 is such an impressive piece of engineering. Are the toilets vacuum flush like on commercial aircraft or the more basic design that one has to manually empty each toilet?

@MrMcbear 4 ай бұрын

it makes us the greatest logistical power in the world. Thank you for your service in keeping them running.

@salmanbabar2286 4 ай бұрын

@miguelagonzalez63 4 ай бұрын

I worked C-5s at Rhein-Main AB, 1991-1994, and more recently worked on the C-5M mod at Lockheed Martin in Marietta,GA.

@jimjohnson2190 4 ай бұрын

I worked in Kuwait 2007 I saw several c- 5 s I am thankful for all our military and properly proud .

@2WhiteAndNerdy 4 ай бұрын

I was a loadmaster on the C-5 for years. I'm still in awe. What an amazing aircraft!

@TangoSierra888 3 ай бұрын

I’m a -130 Load, & always been in awe of your bird. I can only imagine the stuff you guys carry!

@MBBHMM 3 ай бұрын

@TangoSierra888 I'm envious of both of you. I had the chance to leave the army and be a load on C141's in late '89 with Charlston ANG. I passed on the opportunity cause I was sure I was going to make E-7 the following year. Which I did. Always regretted passing on it. My first C141 ride was in '76 on my way to Germany, for my first assignment. I was in awe and thought that load master was the coolest dude in the world. I flew and jumped out of 130's and 141's for years.

@TangoSierra888 3 ай бұрын

@@MBBHMM Hey, we all gotta do what we gotta do for our career progression, & so don’t look at it with regret. Sometimes that means passing up certain opportunities for greater opportunities. But I will say this - I joined in 2003, but didn’t cross into the aircrew world until 2012. This is by far, the best job I’ve ever had. Makes me a little sad that I’m coming up on the final leg of this journey, but it’s been an incredible ride.

@MBBHMM 3 ай бұрын

@TangoSierra888 You're right, of course. Like most people, that's on my coulda, shoulda, woulda list. Thanks for your service, brother . And enjoy the rest of your time. 👍🏾💯🇺🇸

@chrisaguilera1564 5 ай бұрын

This plane is over 50 years old. There were some incredible engineers back in the day.

@olddog103 3 ай бұрын

SOME GREAT LOCKHEED ENGINEERS

@iMarsiTV 2 ай бұрын

no engineers are better today, they just dont have the same possibilitys

@ej0080 Ай бұрын

No it’s 60 years old actually.

@pieterjlansbergen6988 10 күн бұрын

It has the same age as the Saturn V of the Apollo missions

@arkwill14 4 ай бұрын

We loaded 3 Black Hawks and a HEMTT on one to take to Jamaica in the early 90's. I remember asking the crew where we were going to sit - and they took me "upstairs" to see the troop seating area that I had no idea existed. My mind was blown.

@cassandratq9301 3 ай бұрын

I'd ♥️to see this plane in person.

@FlyBikes089 2 ай бұрын

Same here! 👍 And, thank you for your service! Salute to you! 🙌

@LefaMorobe 2 ай бұрын

So do tell; Any reason why they made the troop seating face the tail and not the front? I find that very curious...😅 Thanx in advance...

@arkwill14 2 ай бұрын

@@LefaMorobe Short answer - it's safer. In the event of a crash passengers facing the rear have a better chance of surviving the deceleration. So you might ask, why don't commercial airlines face their seats backwards? They don't do it because paying customers prefer to sit facing forward (it's what they are used to) and facing forward also helps with motion sickness. Since the US military doesn't really _care_ what non-paying passengers flying in their C-5s prefer, or if they get airsick, they opt to go with the safer option.

@mikec538 Ай бұрын

Same here when I was stationed at in Alaska. We flew to Cali for a mission. The C-5 barely made it off our runway. I was blown away by how huge the plane was in person. I felt like our black hawks were like tic tacs to that plane.

@stephenolson532 3 ай бұрын

How this MONSTER gets off the ground is absolutely amazing. LOUD!!!

@gleytch 4 ай бұрын

On the first of my two Space-A flights on a C-5 an engine failed 3 hours out of Rhein-Main. The plane jerked violently to the right when it happened. The pilots quickly righted the aircraft, and we flew for another 15 minutes or so before diverting to an airbase in England. It was afternoon when we exited the plane and had to go through customs and then left on our own. We were told to return the next day by some morning hour that I don't remember. I had my two pre-teen stepsons with me on the flight and we spent the night in a B&B near the airport. This was a time before cell phones, so not so easy to do. We returned the next day and boarded the same plane and flew on to Dover, DE without further issues. Unlike a normal airliner, the C-5 is not noise insulated. You have to wear hearing protection when flying in one.

@blockmasterscott 4 ай бұрын

I got to go inside one once when I was in the Marine Corps. Those things are huge, a video does not do the size justice.

@sheltonterry6589 4 ай бұрын

I did too while in the Army. Amazing aircraft.

@Max_Flashheart 5 ай бұрын

Nice animation good work. The C-5 kneels at both ends and allows the loadmaster to tweak clearances for difficult loads I believe. I think one went from Christchurch to McMurdo Station in Antarctica in 1990. They had an open day we were guided through C-5 and the normal c-16 Globemasters that are station here. My father was really excited to see the C-5 and C-17s.

@miguelagonzalez63 4 ай бұрын

Some minor corrections 1. C5-As were buikt in the 1960s and, except for the two C-5C SCM aircraft, have all been retired. C-5Bs were buikt in the 1980s and, along with the SCM aircraft, were upgraded to C-5Ms. 2. Across from the bunk rooms are two avionics compartments. 3. Theres a couple of reasons for the empty space in the hayloft. Main one is, it's behind the pressure bulkhead, which lines up with the cargo hold's pressure door/loading ramp. Also, tge control cables for the empensge run through it. 4. The empty space behind the oressure bulkhead is bigger than the cargo space on a C-130. 5. The, so-called, drive through loading doesn't exactly work as depicted. The aircraft can be aft kneeled to load/unload vehicles from the back and forward kneeled for the same purpose. IOW, you can load a truck or tank through the back door, and drive it out through the front. 6. The aft cargo ramp is in two sections. The drive-up ramp serves as the pressure door. The aircraft can be level knelt, which brings it up to truck bed height, lije a C-130 or C-141, in whic case the pressure door is stowed up along the ceiling. This is also done for airdrops. Using K loaders, pallets can be loaded without kneeling the aircraft. 7. Usually, both forwar and aft ramps are not lowered at the same time as they would require shoring under the support pads. I've only seen it done st sir shows for static displays. 8. Each main landing gear bogie can be raised or lowered independently. This can allow tire changes when no jacks are available (done it) or keep the a bogie away from the ground if it fails to rotate when extended (seen it a couple of times).

@RoyDees-t2k 4 ай бұрын

You need to proof read before publishing. That's spelled BUILT not BUIKT.

@miguelagonzalez63 3 ай бұрын

@@RoyDees-t2k BFD

@centralplains7608 3 ай бұрын

Best to proof read before posting, but got the gist of your informative details. Thanks for this extra info and Thanks for your service and work on C-5's. God Bless.👍🏽

@michaelm67720 2 ай бұрын

Great details and info

@michaelm67720 2 ай бұрын

@@RoyDees-t2k Thanks prof for enlightening readers that the poster didn’t mean “BUIKT”. I was confused for a second.

@19brittani 4 ай бұрын

Flew on a C5 once from Dover to Ramstein . it was Space A travel and it was cool to sit upstairs. no movie or wi fi in the 80s ,just a bag lunch and bug juice. lol

@jamesdaughton8017 2 ай бұрын

Rode upstairs from Diego Garcia to the Philippines - no food at all. Few passengers, so I could sleep across three seats.

@nohandleforme.... Ай бұрын

@@jamesdaughton8017 They fed us, but is was not enjoyable.

@subicstationditosailor4053 Ай бұрын

I remember the bologna sandwich and chips is a whits box.

@rickt.1870 15 күн бұрын

@@subicstationditosailor4053 Yep, bologna sandwiches. We didn't get chips, but we did get a tiny apple juice container with the sandwich.

@markchapman2585 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video. Crazy how something so big and heavy stays in the air.

@Retiredtraveler1961 5 ай бұрын

I’ve flown on them “ space A” twice, one hell of a ride!

@iconicboxing91 4 ай бұрын

Ha why a hell of a ride?

@Retiredtraveler1961 4 ай бұрын

@@iconicboxing91 AF pilots are not as conservative in maneuvering as commercial pilots. Plenty of comfortable space to spread out. Casual atmosphere.

@shawncarter8151 4 ай бұрын

I grew up a few miles from a reserve air force base. We saw (and heard) them constantly. It was normal to just stop your conversations mid sentence when they were flying overhead. The older engines SCREAMED. The newer ones are significantly quieter.

@GlamorousTitanic21 Ай бұрын

Having seen one of these beasts up close, the pictures and graphics don’t do it justice. It is a colossus of the sky.

@vanroeling2930 5 ай бұрын

I toured the inside of a C-5 many years ago- very impressive!

@JohnShields-xx1yk 2 ай бұрын

It's a big part of our global reach, we can bring the military anywhere in the world, quickly, efficiently 🇺🇸

@KingTriton1837 3 ай бұрын

I was in the aerial port at Travis AFB and worked on these for 10 years! Along with the KC-10, C-17 and the KC-135!

@chriswhite3692 4 ай бұрын

Always been impressed with these behemoths. With their layout and cargo capabilities, they seem less like planes and more like flying ships.

@sethmarkowitz6660 5 ай бұрын

I've only seen a C17 Globemaster III in person and am not emotionally prepared to see this thing lol.

@MoraleIsHigh 5 ай бұрын

I've been inside of a C-5 and the sheer scale is difficult to comprehend.

@RHO-Mark1 5 ай бұрын

I walked through the C5A and the C17s fly over my house almost daily. I fell down the C17 ramp in the rain at Andrews Air Force Base.

@Peezy71421 5 ай бұрын

I was able to sit in the jump seat in the cockpit of a C-17 from one location to another. In one location the pilots placed Kevlar panels underneath them and to the sides of them to protect them from potential small arms fire shortly after takeoff. After gaining altitude they removed them. Was an amazing 5 hour experience, especially seeing a takeoff from pilots view.

@philhand5830 5 ай бұрын

@@Peezy71421it's not a cockpit... in large multi piloted aircraft, it's called flight deck... "Cockpit" only applies to fighter aircraft.

@Peezy71421 5 ай бұрын

@@philhand5830 Oops. Still doesn’t take away the fact that it was an amazing experience, even better that I was a civilian and not even military. With that being said the crew member who asked the pilot on my behalf to ride in the flight deck said I had to couldn’t bring my government issued M4-A1 with me haha. No problem.

@JackNiles-hc8yz 4 ай бұрын

I've flown across both oceans in a C-5. A bit slow, but comfortable enough.

@matthewpuzzo8997 4 ай бұрын

I visited the Air Mobility Command Museum's C-5 Galaxy during one of its open cockpit days two years ago. It literally dominates every other plane on display at the museum. If I remember correctly, the guide that day said that, during one mission, he and his crew had seven Hueys on board fully fueled and ready to go.

@lestercoons3962 Ай бұрын

I worked on C5's as well as many other aircraft. Those seats in the rear are very comfortable. I loved flying on C5's. One time after leaving Travis AFB I got to sit in the left seat and actually fly a C5 West over the Pacific into the sunset for a half hour or so! That was almost 50 years ago...brings back alot of memories!

@11C1P 5 ай бұрын

Got to fly space A on a C-5 on leave from Germany & back again, shortly after desert storm. It is an amazing plane.

@Three_Random_Words 5 ай бұрын

Same war. From Al Dhafra UAE, to Torrejon outside of Madrid , then to Westover ANGB in MA, then to Robbins in Georgia, and finally home up to Shaw AFB in SC. Was in the UAE for 8.5 months, starting about 6-7 day after Saddam's invasion.

@alwaysready5188 5 ай бұрын

Lol yep same war one hell of a ride back to Germany!

@dmoore319 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Part of the Super Galaxy upgrade was replacing the TF39 engines with the commercial CF6 engine that was used on the 747, 767, and a few others. It gave the aircraft more thrust and improved efficiency and range etc.

@cruisinguy6024 4 ай бұрын

For deeper info the CF6 has a handful of variants, the one the C-5M has is the same as the 747-400, 767-300ER, 767-400, and the MD-11. In other words the C5M uses a later and significantly more powerful version of the CF-6. The increased thrust is actually more than if they’d installed a 5th TF39 on the C-5 which is freaking impressive.

@dmoore319 4 ай бұрын

Nice thanks for the additional info did not know that.

@larrybaker5316 17 күн бұрын

amazing aircraft. I was USAF 1968-71, and saw a lot of aircraft, but never a C-5 or B-52. thanks for sharing

@TAllyn-qr3io 3 ай бұрын

I was a load planner at Ft. Campbell, KY in the 160th SOAR. We were always loading out and deploying that it seemed I did more weighing of every imaginable piece of equipment in our TO&E. From Blackhawks to Herman Nelson and from Connex’s to tire cages. I love the C5’s!!!!

@rickt.1870 15 күн бұрын

I was a Unit Movement Officer at Ft. Hood. I recall having little cutout paper sillouettes of Cobras and OH-58s to determine the most space-efficient configuration. And yeah, the Loadmaster wanted our weights down to a gnats @ss.

@mark5368 19 күн бұрын

I would love nothing more than to fly one and or work on one. I marvel at the engineering.

@Hokie2k11 18 күн бұрын

Loved my time in the C-5 community, however brief. The USAF mobility aircrew truly are a class and community of their own, I highly recommend joining it if given the opportunity.

@baseigs 2 ай бұрын

I love this aircraft. I was fortunate enough to go on board during an air show.

@victorrios8226 3 ай бұрын

impressive aircraft of American Forces...power, technology and dominance...🤝👏

@rotorheadv8 5 ай бұрын

Got to fly on one. Smoothest ride ever

@siyanbiswas 5 ай бұрын

Your videos are amazing 😍 love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

@retiredcolonel6492 Ай бұрын

In my Army career I’ve flown on a few missions in a C-5. Very nice aircraft. One time, on a trip between Frankfurt and Dover, we were about half way across the Atlantic. It was the middle of the night and the troopers around me were sleeping. I couldn’t sleep and was reading a book when the plane fell. Yes. Fell. Dropped just like an elevator. It seemed it did for several seconds but I’m sure it was only a couple. Scared the crap out of me. The crew was nonplussed. Apparently we hit a downdraft or something. Man, I thought I was going to die. No one around me woke up.

@josemoreno3334 4 ай бұрын

I'm retired USAF and i always got a kick seeing them take off and land. Awesome .

@ixnorp4270 4 ай бұрын

Even crewmembers who have thousands of flight hours on the Galaxy will stop what they are doing and watch when one taxies by. It is just so strange when something the size of a large building goes rumbling by.

@cassandratq9301 3 ай бұрын

Those tires rotating before they stow themselves electronically is a sight to see - even in animation.

@JohnPerron-z5m 15 күн бұрын

I flew on a C-5 from Clarke airbase Phillipines to Diego Garcia in Dec of 1980. Amazing aircraft.

@olexandroderiy6646 4 ай бұрын

Аn-124-100М-150 «Руслан» ( NАТО - «Condor»).. Maximum commercial download -150t. An-225 "Мрія" (NATO-Cossack). Maximum commercial download -250t. Ukrainian design and construction.

@jfb3-Ret Ай бұрын

I've flown on a C-5 a few times during my AF career, a Guam to Hawaii and Travis CA as a (Mission Essential Ground Personnel) MEGP. Then the next time was Dover DE to Mildenhall UK as a Space A passenger.

@ronalddechosa3048 Ай бұрын

Science+technology"⭐= WorldClass!!!!!💥💥🏆🏆

@WendyWilson-f6f 24 күн бұрын

I had the honor to work on this aircraft from 1981 to 1994 I was a electoral environmental system specialist on this plane it was a big beautiful aircraft

@TGWazoo1 4 ай бұрын

Used to play frisbee inside them when empty. That nose hatch nearly always took extra hours to close properly. That was an issue.

@robertklund8931 5 ай бұрын

It's amazing something like that can get off the ground!

@philhand5830 5 ай бұрын

The principles of flight are constant regardless of aircraft size and weight...

@jakehowe8864 Ай бұрын

My dad SMSgt Wayne Howe, worked at Westover AFB in Massachusetts. He maintained the Fleet of C-5 Galaxies. I've been up on the t tail, in the cockpit, and Ive been in the plane when they test the engines. Crazy. There is a treeline at Westover behind the hangers, when they would start up the plane, those trees would bend.

@patclark2186 5 ай бұрын

I've ridden in both the C5 troop compartment and in commercial aircraft in economy class. IIRC the C5 was more comfortable and the food better. I thought the cabin was quieter also.. but I could not prove that.

@thebronzetoo 5 ай бұрын

No you are not correct. The seats in the Troop Compartment suck.

@ixnorp4270 4 ай бұрын

I have several thousand hours on the C-5 (not a lot in the airlifter world), and I never thought the cabin was quieter than that of a commercial airliner. In fact, we had to hand out earplugs to any and all passengers. But the food was pretty decent at times. It just depended on how good or bad the flight kitchen was at the airbase from which we were flying. IIRC, Dover AFB had a pretty decent pasta salad for a while.

@nightflyer40 Ай бұрын

When I was In military our crew got a walkaround and cockpit familiarization of this monster. It really is something to see and walk around in.

@RonnieDavis-x1f 3 ай бұрын

Smoothest Airplane ride i have experienced from Frankfurt FRG to St Louis in 1990

@snakeman48 Ай бұрын

I worked at the Bendix Corp in So.Bend. IN as a Machine Repairman. They made the inner and outer rear landing gear components. The lathes that were use to machine them were so large, the operator rode in a chair on the carriage. The was on the C-5A version. One flew into the So.Bend airport to pickup a load of Humvees. It's lakeoff was a sight to see. It just floated up and away. It was LOUD too.

@Hurst6969 5 ай бұрын

Had the pleasure of writing and creating the first-ever C-5 egress video for Military Ailift Command (MAC) back in the 80s After the horrible incident at Travis AFB MAC decided to creat emergency egress videos for MAC aircraft to be shared around the world. Had combat camera crew come in from Nellis AFB and spent about two weeks making the video, It was a great experience and if anyone has a copy of the video can you please reach out to me???

@4Gentry4 5 ай бұрын

Had the orders to ride in one to Incirlik, Turkey. I thought it was never going to get lift off the run way, lol and no windows too! I felt like I was in a flying coffin, so I went straight to sleep.

@CaptCaveman7570 3 ай бұрын

When we deployed to support Desert Shield, we flew a C5 from McChord to Zaragoza. The plane ended up breaking down so we had to work on it.

Ай бұрын

I use to refuel them in Alaska, we called it Baby Huey. I hated climbing those rickety stairs up to the cockpit.

@ringmasterjeb3453 3 ай бұрын

Before an air show at Nellis back in the 80"s we played indoor soccer game inside a C-5. Good Times.

@gezaeckrich6773 2 ай бұрын

Ich als ahnungslose sage nur eins. ,,,,Sehr schöne Flugzeug !!!

@robertcz3474 5 ай бұрын

Super video 👍👌

@axheminati60 3 ай бұрын

power of a superpower ❤

@Thegaming_husky Ай бұрын

I was at an airshow recently and a few crew from one of the 2 c-5s. That was at the show where standing in the tail hatch and watching the air displays. They has the best "seat" at the show.

@boyd-u9t 2 ай бұрын

I flew on one from Guam to Travis AFB in 75. I use to love to watch them take off, They were going so slow, so it seemed, and just started rising.

@ayoCanada0921 3 ай бұрын

One word to describing it, WOW !!!

@maxwellcrazycat9204 3 ай бұрын

I recall seeing one at the Cleveland Ohio Air Show. I was amazed that it could land and take off from a small regional airport.

@vigoedwinpandika1545 5 ай бұрын

2:52 The C-5 Galaxy plane wants to eat😃

@peterpelemo2090 3 ай бұрын

Awesome..we need this in Nigeria Air Force

@ImGoingSupersonic 3 ай бұрын

I remember dropping off 6 school buses to the front lines.

@QueenDaenerysTargaryen 5 ай бұрын

Impressive ❤

@PuffPuffPass0420 5 ай бұрын

My dad was on a C5 galaxy returning back from Vietnam. He was seated in the cargo bay with caskets covered in US Flags of American soldiers who died in combat. Quite a somber moment. I saw one close up at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts in 2000.When the rear ramp goes down its like a small wind storm🌪🌪🌪

@davidhavens745 23 күн бұрын

Worked avionics instrument on A models in early 70s. Started with endurance tests. Unique aircraft.

@noahkleugh9323 2 ай бұрын

I had the opportunity to ride home on a C-5 We had 3 tractor trailers and 2 tractors in the cargo hold. We were returning to Tonopah, NV after Desert Storm. We had a contingent of our own security forces and some O&M people. We were lugging home some of the SFM for our aircraft.

@Son.of.4rt Ай бұрын

They need to mass produce this. its incredible

@georgew.foutch7473 4 ай бұрын

Rode on one back from Germany. It's pretty cool sitting backward!

@garymathena2125 Ай бұрын

One very important thing, a tank is NEVER loaded onto any aircraft with the gun pointing forward. The gun is pointed over the back deck, and the travel lock is holding the main gun in place.

@josesuarezgenao9765 5 ай бұрын

Muy buen video.

@AbhishekK-hn4gd 4 ай бұрын

This is one of excellent creation whose credit goes to Lockheeds Martins, who made air heavy logistics easy to transport at longer distances..!!

@hanskaiser6030 3 ай бұрын

“It’s been in service for up to 50 years…” aaaand it’s time to click out.

@Rudipu 3 ай бұрын

my uncle was in a C5 in Vietnam which was over 50 years ago lol

@markstrickland8736 5 ай бұрын

I've been in one. Back in the early 70's.

@bmurray330 3 ай бұрын

The Wright Brothers would be awestruck.

@chikenledum1789 3 ай бұрын

FLYtastic❤ FUNtastic

@kdm_entertainment 5 ай бұрын

Why do the seats face backward though?

@arthurdavis4558 5 ай бұрын

backwards facing seats are safer in a crash

@xavierrodriguez9306 5 ай бұрын

..so why aren’t all passenger aircraft made this way?

@arthurdavis4558 5 ай бұрын

@@xavierrodriguez9306 makes people more motion sick and generally uncomfortable. army doesn't care if their soldiers aren't comfortable they just want them alive

@edraymond2657 4 ай бұрын

@@xavierrodriguez9306 because everyone would see them go to the bathroom.

@ryanm4013 4 ай бұрын

@@xavierrodriguez9306Because military aircraft are more likely to be shot down than civilian ones??? 🤷‍♂️

@snarflatful 4 ай бұрын

Amazing.

@nesseihtgnay9419 Ай бұрын

A masterpiece

@andreww1225 3 ай бұрын

Awesome

@Rudipu 3 ай бұрын

The explosion of tech in the 50s/60s was so crazy

@stevestruthers6180 4 ай бұрын

I saw a C-5A at an airshow in my city back in 2018. It was mind-boggling to see, because I couln't help but wonder how something so massive and heavy could ever get off the ground, much less stay aloft.

@takaogibson845 5 ай бұрын

I heard mission, distance, cargo capacity, of 1 C-5 Galaxy is equivalent to 2 C-17 Globemaster III and 2 fuelers needed for mission/distance. That's amazing.

@bomguy999999 5 ай бұрын

You are not landing a C-5 on grass but once. The engines are CF6s. You do realize there are several ways to load cargo on the plane without kneeling it right? Plus, you can just do a forward or aft kneel. You don't have to do a full kneel.

@EdwineOnditi Ай бұрын

Flew one from Mombasa Kenya to Area 51 in Nevada,I was the pilot n An Alien friend of mine was an engineer.cooler than the C 17 Globemaster n C 130 Hercules I used to

@Jarod-vg9wq 4 ай бұрын

A few of these with the Rapid dragon missile program will be a game changer.

@LydiaVacs Ай бұрын

My dad was a crew chief for KC-135s that refueled these bad boys. I always thought they looked like they shouldn’t be able to fly 😮

@richatforty8883 Ай бұрын

I have been a pilot for this magnificent engineering machine.... Don't ask me a lot of questions, it was on GTA

@prophetisraelking3759 18 күн бұрын

Great minds

@Nobody_important_at_all 5 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention its most violently American cargo deployment capability. The ability to deploy a fully functional burger king in a theater of operations within 24 hours.