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Behold, the largest plane in the US Air Force
« on: May 13, 2016, 10:16:05 am »
Behold, the largest plane in the US Air Force
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    Alex Lockie, Business Insider

 http://www.techinsider.io/pictures-of-us-air-force-c5-galaxy-2016-5

At 222 feet across, almost 300 feet long, and 65 feet tall at its tail, Lockheed Martin's C-5 Galaxy is the largest transport aircraft in the US Air Force. With a cargo hull 121 feet long and 19 feet across, the C-5 is a flying warehouse that can carry a combat-ready military unit or deliver necessary supplies anywhere in the world.

The C-5 has a cargo capacity of 142 tons, the equivalent of carrying two M1A1 Abrams tanks, six greyhound buses, or 25,844,746 ping-pong balls. Below, see just how awesome the C-5's carrying capacity is.
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Re: Behold, the largest plane in the US Air Force
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2016, 05:31:39 pm »
I worked on A & B models at Dover, AFB in the mid '80s...the C-5M is a much improved upgrade over what I worked on.

New engines, avionics and other upgrades have made it even more capable than before.

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Re: Behold, the largest plane in the US Air Force
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2016, 05:50:00 pm »
Now that's an impressive transport plane. On a side note, it gives you some serious respect for the weight of an M1A1 Abrams when a 'flying warehouse' can only carry two.
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Re: Behold, the largest plane in the US Air Force
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2016, 05:52:25 pm »
I worked on A & B models at Dover, AFB in the mid '80s...the C-5M is a much improved upgrade over what I worked on.

New engines, avionics and other upgrades have made it even more capable than before.

Thanks for posting.

I thought they were retiring these with the C-21 being used instead??  Great plane though.
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Re: Behold, the largest plane in the US Air Force
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2016, 06:09:10 pm »
I thought they were retiring these with the C-21 being used instead??  Great plane though.
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I think you mean the C-17?  It's more of an intermediate lifter, can get into smaller fields.

Some of the C-5A models are in the boneyard, and from what I recall, only about half of the fleet is being upgraded to M status.

Here's more detailed information...

http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104492/c-5-abc-galaxy-c-5m-super-galaxy.aspx

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