The Insane Amount of Power US Largest Aircraft Needs to Takeoff

[@tryinout1]

Had the pleasure of hearing this thing take off every Saturday morning from Pope.

[@darreno1450]

I've always been amazed by the fact that those engines can move that beast fast enough for it to take off and fly.

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

I'm stunned by the metallurgy that has made those incredibly long turbine blades routine. Amazing!

[@aravindmk12]

50000 hp mate

[@lylesommers5018]

280,000lbs of thrust might have something to do with it

[@padamgurung9172]

​@@TheDavidlloydjones😊😊😊😊😊hm1f🎉🎉 8i

[@tejnarayanmandal215]

22😅😅😮😢😂​@@TheDavidlloydjones

[@jsmith3798]

Absolute beast of an aircraft and marvel of aviation power and engineering.

[@Binhnguyen-po8dd]

Cảm ơn rất nhiều thank you so much 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@otway00]

When I was stationed at El Toro MCAS I always enjoyed watching these beasts take off. It is so large you swear it can't move. Once it starts its take off, it looks like it is going so slow it will never be able to take off. Once it does take off it looks like it is going so slow it can't keep flying but is does

[@ricksterallain]

Even smaller big still large aircraft like 747s, you get that same feeling. "There is no way that thing is actually flying right now?!?!"

[@franklinpasay-dq1ob]

L.

[@antonboludo8886]

@@ricksterallain Even whilst in it!

[@ovidabrams2232]

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[@RockandRollWoman]

Looks like a giant bumblebee. It doesn't seem possible that it will stay airborne!

[@junaidsiddiqui888]

Fantastic machine C5! Love it.

[@scottsee2468]

May God Bless the USA and may HE protect and bless our Troops across the World Over. AMEN!!!

[@mj11222]

Amen!!

[@MrBassplayer1210]

It’s really amazing how they were able to come up with create an engineer, the parts to build such a creation as this jet, watching them service the engines on this plane looking at all the wires the connections these things have to be thought about invented. It’s just an amazing process That they have come up with just to be able to fly even a much smaller plane. It’s truly amazing.

[@morganjefford]

Flying 50 years makes me feel old. When I was in the Air Force, they were just trying to keep the wings from falling off. LOL

[@ardentlions6636]

I was a crew chief on the C-5 at Kelly AFB, Tx. She is a thing of beauty and she has a distinct sound. She lumbers upwardly into the clouds, call her Big Bertha.

[@alaincourcells1496]

Merci rm M

[@DžanárdanJaroslav]

❤❤❤ Hare Krišna 🍀🍂🧡🙏🌍💕🌟

[@MohammadSadeqBozorgnejad-mv7rr]

My God, this plane is so exciting to fly

[@augustinalawson6373]

It's just incredible! Hats off to all who made this possible.

[@pedrocarbonel2959]

Kalaki at Ang ganda ganda po.🖤🖤🖤

[@ThomasEvanskwadwo]

Us you are a great job Thanks I ❤

[@TomokosEnterprize]

WOOHOO, What a beast of an aircraft ! Ohhhhh how I love big !

[@dianesaenger9412]

C5 will be like the B52, a work horse that will preform it's tasked assignment for a very long time.

[@sanityasayuwana4859]

Thank you for sharing this amazing video. It's great to see.

[@derrickconnolly9164]

I worked on a offshore drilling rig in the high Arctic. North pole. The rig sat on the ice. We moved the rig with c130 Hercules amazing planes

[@misty28882]

These engine mechanics are truly amazing!!!! What amazing skills they have

[@ChrisVanMiddelkoop]

except that guy doesn't know how to use a torque wrench... lolololol

[@ShirinSaeidi-nz5xp]

من عاشق پرواز با هواپیما هستم . ای کاش یک خلبان بودم . 😊 چقدر زیباست ❤

[@Cupcardriver]

When I was getting my private pilots license many moons ago, while I was doing my cross country flight (in a Cessna 152) going into Stewart AFB/International and the tower called while on final and said “152M please hurry up you have a heavy behind you.” I turned around and saw nothing but GREEN out my rear window! Clearly the tower either didn’t know or care a 152 is a pack of gum with wings and a rubber band. I touched down ASAP and took the first taxiway, and the C5 blew past me. It was exhilarating and terrifying all at the same time.

[@louisleonel7785]

😊

[@steve9021oh]

I rode a C5 into Iraq quite a few times and its a great ride! So, back in 2003 to 2006, i went to Iraq 3 times (not year deployments) and we would have a C5 to ourselves with our gear (Tier 2 Unit working for Tier 1) and fly into Biap. At the time, there was a rule that C5s could only come on at night. They are big and slow. They can be spotted from miles away, giving people time to set up RPGs or missiles of some sort, so only flying in at night. I always sat in the jump seat to watch and listen. Best seat in the house, to me at least. So, come into Iraq at like 40k feet, as we got close to the Landing Zone (LZ) we came down a little bit, maybe 8k feet or so. Once we got close enough, it was game on! They basically flew over the airport until they reached the center (idk, I'm not a pilot) and we would do a steep corkscrew down maneuver with a steep pull at the end for the landing. Maybe it doesn't sound like much, but when I'm looking down at the ground (you can see lights, ground itself Most of the time) from a c5 at dead of night, in almost a spin? It was fun and kind of nerve wracking at the same time. I hope a C5 pilot that flew into Iraq, early Iraq war, can tell us more about it here.

[@philippebenz2643]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I appreciate people like you. You must be a great guy to have as a friend. Thank you for your service.🫡

[@keeledover4218]

thank you for your service that must have been pulling some amazing g forces

[@erichkorman710]

I'm glad you came home alive and hopefully uninjured. Sadly the each last U.S. soldier to leave Vietnam, Iraq & Afgahnistan backed up the ramp of a C5 with an assault rifle praying not to be the last American soldier to die there.

[@RockandRollWoman]

I also rode on one of these in Afghanistan, in 2008. I was on a Pentagon-sponsored trip to make voting for troops, especially those at a FOB, easier, within security constraints.

[@BrianHaines-x8z]

A Perfect example of American Exceptionalism B. the Haines

[@محمدقربانی-ذ9ز]

من عاشق همین فیلمها هستم🎉🎉❤😊

[@MrBassplayer1210]

Just think when this plane is fully loaded between the weight of its cargo, and the weight of the plane itself the landing gear, I cannot even find the words to even describe the landing gear that has to be able to sustain such ana massive amount of weight I take my hat off to all the engineers that make this possible

[@adityatiwari4332]

Hi first viewer from India

[@beautifulflorida]

Great video! Thank you for sharing!

[@mushtaquehashmi9919]

There is no country in the world only USA 🇺🇸 who has this massive plane and technology which others try to steal the technology but they can’t. MAY GODBLESS USA 🇺🇸. AND HIS BLESSINGS ALWAYS POUR ON US.

[@Mugen_YG]

Yeah! Fuck the rest of the world amirite? 'MURICA! 'MURICA!

[@freddiechiclana9719]

Awesome video I love it thank you for sharing.

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

While in the US ARMY and stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY at 160th SOAR, I was sent to load planner certification each year. This included air, rail, ship and ground transport. You really can’t conceptualize the size until you see apaches and Blackhawks being loaded aboard. Awesome to fly in as well. Great aircraft, along with the C17. 🫡👍

[@Mtlmshr]

I remember as a kid going to Van Nuys Airport in So Cal and seeing several Guppies there at any given time when I went flying with my dad!

[@johnshields6852]

I've seen these taking off and they are huge in person, they slow us to bring the fight anywhere in the world.🇺🇸

[@cellocarlos]

Interessante saber que a maior fábrica de motores da GE, que fabrica o motor do maior avião militar de carga, fica no Brasil !

[@alexombiro5756]

Its powerful, technology has moved, and evolved faster.

[@janenjaga]

Thanks for sharing 🙌😃

[@januariofernandes2869]

Viva America! This is the Antonov Miria of the USA.

[@محمدقربانی-ذ9ز]

خیلی عالیه من این طور فیلم‌ها رو دوست دارم

[@ultraspinacle]

Brazil? Why? I don’t understand the practice of outsourcing work to maintain/rebuild these engines to another country. I think we are now learning the consequences of outsourcing work for cheaper labor in a big way (i.e. China), and this is another example that seems ridiculous. Especially with the military.

[@HomeAtLast501]

GE was a champion of outsourcing manufacturing. Remember Jeff Immelt? He was the self-proclaimed king of outsourcing to China. And then because O'Bummer wanted to help destroy our economy so he could "fundamentally change this country" into a Communist shit hole, he made Immelt his Jobs Czar. So the President of the United States, who ran on keeping manufacturing jobs in the U.S., made as his Jobs Czar the queen of shipping jobs abroad. Bloody bastards.

[@motorcityskunk]

Cheap is cheap at the end of the day they'll literally do anything to save a dollar on that black budget allowance

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

Greed

[@thihangdo7316]

Pppp

[@patrickdunford6282]

The footage shows both the current engines and the older TF39 engines despite labelling only the modern type of engine.

[@kenthensley9974]

Those engines are great for blow drying a wet runway.

[@MariannaHaynes]

its insane how the engines look so small on that huge aircraft. It's just incredible! Hats off to all who made this possible..

[@philippedefechereux8740]

Amazing! Well done.

[@viswanathanb9719]

This is insane aircraft .. Absolute engineering behind this big daddy

[@cyrilio]

Maintainers ore the backbone of the military.

[@mahmodyahmady7280]

wow wow very great 👍🏼

[@tylerjacobs5109]

I get mind-flucted every time I watch these videos..

[@xHawgRyderx]

Jet engine facilities in Brazil. Why can we do this in America? C5 a phenomenal aircraft.

[@RockandRollWoman]

Flew on one in Afghanistan in 2008. It was an experience I'll never forget. The next leg of that trip was on a Blackhawk helicopter, landing at Bagram. It was a Pentagon-sponsored trip to improve voting for troops. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@vantronnguyen273]

Quá khủng khiếp❤❤❤❤

[@spiderjake1000]

‘murica 🇺🇸 🦅 💪🏻

[@kalibahadur8233]

WOW So Big Air 👌👌

[@jamesplymire5342]

C-5s fly over my house all the time from Dover AFB. I'm glad they overhauled them with new engines that make them much quieter. In the 80s and 90s they used to scream when going over.

[@enginediy]

Amazing

[@jamesmitchell2420]

Super view of what the Navy does in protecting our country ..

[@segelbat4182]

You should also give the standard metric for your international audience.

[@tedhardulak7698]

Both standard and metric. I get it. Im lost when they do all metric.

[@drekelley2352]

It's incredible that so much weight can be flying 1000s of feet in the air, but we still haven't accomplished solving the small problems society has

[@toktok5774]

Easier to form consensus on science than society.

[@drekelley2352]

Guess you have a point.

[@mr-js9is]

Society it much more complex. Has been around much longer than any aircraft. The 2 aren’t even comparable for a discussion lol.

[@maheshtima1]

This is materialistic, and can be worked upon because it won't retort. Humans do retort and everyone wants to have their say.

[@josedelmarmattos182]

​​@@maheshtima1 É bem àssim mesmo amigo. Glorinha Rio Grande do Sul tchê.🇧🇷

[@Michael_W007]

All of us still waiting to see a shot of the C-5 wheels actually touching down and kicking up some cool rubber smoke. I'm starting to think it's not going to happen.

[@NoEgg4u]

A lot of focus is placed on the power of the engines -- and rightfully so. Not discussed is the incredible strength of the mounting gear that prevents those insanely powerful engines from breaking loose, or shifting in any way. Also not discussed is the incredible strength of the wings, to hold 840,000 pounds off the ground, without snapping off or cracking. And when the plane encounters turbulence, or makes turns, perhaps more than a "G" of force on a turn, that doubles the weight that the wings are carrying. And it is not just the vertical weight... those wings are what pull the main section of the plane forward. The engines pull on the wings, and the wings pull on the rest of the plane. I am curious how many engines would need to fail, before the plane would not be able to maintain altitude. I am also curious about how many engines are needed to lift-off, given a long enough runway.

[@squirrelcovers6340]

I worked on those C5B ships @ Lockheed Martin in Marietta Georgia

[@SupremeCKS]

its insane how the engines look so small on that huge aircraft

[@juanfigueroa-serville2465]

Is there anyone other than me concerned that Brazil joined BRICS and our military aircraft are being maintained in Brazil?

[@dianesaenger9412]

wonder how much tech they sold to China

[@calokraine5901]

well, be more concerned that dollar is no longer the superpower of the usa

[@HomeAtLast501]

@@calokraine5901 Nah, I'd be concerned that commie countries could sabotage our planes.

[@victorcontreras9138]

The refueling part brought me back memories of my brother who used to fly the C-5. I have some fotos of him at this. The landing gear part reminded me of when approaching Ramstein AFB, Germany, the front wheels failed to open! Talk about a harrowing skid landing⚠️

[@wijayacanel4062]

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[@tdubz1154]

I’ve flown FCC on tail number 7030 and was DCC on 7032. I was an Engine Run Certifier on C-5s for several years in Germany. The larger commercial aircraft like the 747 and A-380 are modern wonders but seeing an M1A1, semi-truck, or rocket booster on a C5 is awe-inspiring. FRED is a challenge to maintain but it’s fun.

[@struesbob7493]

What's the power comparison compared to a 747 or A380?

[@tdubz1154]

@@struesbob7493 TF-39 43,000-45,000 lbf JTD-39 Variants 43,000-56,000 Airbus engines 36,500-80,000+. I remember seeing the A-380a few times during testing at Frankfurt. It is an impressive air machine.

[@struesbob7493]

@@tdubz1154 thank you

[@williebrown4266]

Did you happen to be at Rhein Main Air Base in the mid to late nineties? Specifically, the 37th ALS.

[@tdubz1154]

@@williebrown4266 I flew through Rhein Main quite a bit in the 90’s. PCSd in in 2003 and closed it down in 2005.

[@becthorn]

We took a hop from Delaware to Germany in a C5 and it was the smoothest, fastest and most comfortable flight ever!!

[@OhioGirl-bu2kv]

My Dad used to take me to the Air Show at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. I remember seeing this plane in person. Such a massive piece of machinery. They had it open from both ends so you could walk through it. They had the cockpit open as well. I remember one year they had an airliner at the Air Show. I went inside and sat down. I thought to myself, "I guess I'll never get to experience flying in an airplane". And then in 1996 and 1999 I went to California to visit my brother who was in the USAF stationed at Edwards A F.B. We went for Christmas (1996) and then I went alone for my birthday (1999). The plane that I rode on both times was the Boeing 747. I wish I could do it all over again. What memories!!! Loved the video. Thanks!! ✈️💙✈️💙✈️💙✈️💙✈️

[@rudikaryadicnl]

Excellent 👍🇮🇩

[@kirkslayden834]

My my that's a sick looking airplane ✈️ there are thousands upon thousands of parts and thousands of hours to to put that thing together and make it fly 🕊️

[@gr6060]

Do you think it will get off the ground when our present government says it needs to run on batteries? 🤔

[@phillipjoseph8768]

Rush used to say all the time there isn't a battery made that would get it off the ground

[@floridaamorchannel6007]

That's awesome.

[@angatuedward6580]

I was in Airfield ops and trust me the galaxy is an amazing aircraft. The wings are designed to lift that monster on short runways.

[@melvinrichardson4501]

Why are we sending engines off USAF planes to Brazil to be overhauled...

[@jorgecruzseda7551]

GE wants to save $ and Brazil pesos are cheaper????😮

[@SJR_Media_Group]

*_Former Boeing Everett.... home of 747, 757, 767, 777, 787, and soon 797..._* Wonder what the C-5 Galaxy would be like if they traded those tiny GE engines for the same we use on Triple Seven? The C-5M Super Galaxy transport aircraft is powered by four GE CF6-80C2 turbofan engines each developing a thrust of 50,580lb. The length and diameter of the engine are 4.26m and 2.69m respectively. The dry weight of the engine is 9,860lb. 777 uses 2 GE90-115B engines, which reigns as the world's most powerful jet engine. Each engine puts out as much thrust as 2 of the smaller engines used on C-5 combined. The 777 engine is larger in diameter than the entire fuselage of our 737. Main fan is nearly 11 feet in diameter itself. Add containment and cowling the engine is huge. *_Maybe Lockheed doesn't want to take military advice from Boeing..._*

[@nils1953]

Yeah, the RR Trent 1000 engines or even the older Trent 900 engines found on the A380 are also way more powerful and are so much more efficient. But they were after all developed for different planes. And given that LM only upgraded very few parts of the plane when upgrading to the C5M, only similar engined could be used, so they used outdated engines again...

[@SJR_Media_Group]

@@nils1953 Thanks for comment and input.

[@sanjaysadavarte9118]

Wow powerful AIR SHIP !!!

[@danielhowell1640]

I had one of those all to myself flying home from Iraq for R & R. In 2008. When I boarded it in Kuwait, there were two Air Force guys catching football in the cargo bay. They weren't screwing around either. They were running speed out & slant routes.

[@fatherhood7856]

🧢

[@miltoncruz4199]

Ameican People is lie.

[@ronbenjamin4351]

I jumped out of these back in the day. Oh yea it has power

[@FloraMarinelli-b4j]

It’s really amazing

[@mikeyoungblood1706]

I flew on one of these along with TWO D-9 Caterpillar Dozers from Houston Texas to Kuwait Airport in 1991.

[@hughsmith7281]

Thank you.

[@bpp325]

Excellent recruiting tool. (USAF 8/63-8/67)

[@Airborne_Arty82]

0:46 M109A6 Paladin, not M1 battle tank 👌👍

[@simonm7133]

I remember going to the Greenham Common Airshow in the UK in 1979 and we had the opportunity of walking through this gigantic aircraft. We were awestruck by its sheer size and volume. incredible that its now been in service since 1970. (Mind you there are still 58 B-52's in service and the last one rolled off the production line over 60 years ago!)

[@DrarslanAbdulsattar]

:-) ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DrarslanAbdulsattar]

A definate nice formula weight blnc signal stop up and go on down with clearity land :-)

[@DrarslanAbdulsattar]

:-*

[@DrarslanAbdulsattar]

Liver pull up down system ❤ installed :-)

[@DrarslanAbdulsattar]

57 know it 16 wires :-)

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

Nice plane for Mick Jagger in concert!

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[@RobertRAbell]

Bring out the Big Birds 🦅. All day long Yahoo 😅

[@sunset3052]

Beautiful big bird!

[@Shahrdad]

The video shows a mix of the original General Electric TF39 engine and also the latter General Electric F103 engines that were put on the M model. The smaller booster fan in front was was unique to the original TF39. I once was talking to a C5 pilot, and he loved flying the models with the upgraded engines. The way he described it was that it felt like the plane had a fifth engine!

[@haroldsnipes5539]

The entire first flight of the Wright brothers could take place inside this aircraft! It will load 18 Grayhound scenic cruisers shut the doors and take off! Fat Albert is some air plane!

[@masakistudios4879]

I had to replay to make sure,.. but yeah "military". The AN-225 MRYIA still takes the cake

[@mohameddebbache7432]

LOCKHEED C-5 GALAXY IS THE BROTHER OF THE BOEING 747!!!!

[@SpidersHandle]

You can see it take off the first time at 9:37

[@abdulhaque2182]

Very nice 👌

[@ramandeepsingh132]

Please do convert the measuring units to metrics. I was only thinking about their value the whole time.

[@saeedbuqaileh7762]

Fantastic

[@CokyFernandez-ee7fm]

keren ya pesawat kargo sukses selalu ya

[@nizarzar4950]

Thank you

[@3ffrige]

Aww man….I’m missing the Antonov AN224 all over again. I love the C5, but the AN 224 used to be the largest cargo transport in the world

[@kenz5469]

It's no longer viable

[@DijenDas-py3kj]

Nice to meet you mema

[@antonboludo8886]

Simply amazing.