Saluting the C-5 Galaxy!

[rangerrebew]

Saluting the C-5 Galaxy!
 

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30th June 2020


What is taller than a six story building, can carry 120 tons of battle tank over 2000 miles and could stage the Wright Brothers’ first flight within its cargo hold? The answer is the largest aircraft in the US Air Force inventory, the Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy.

Over 50 years since its first flight, the heavy-lift leviathan is still going strong, and a recent upgrade to Super Galaxy standard should ensure service until at least 2040.

Size isn’t everything, but in the world of strategic airlift it certainly helps. The Galaxy is NATO’s largest airlifter, so big in fact it can carry a C-130 Hercules in its cavernous hold. Fully loaded with cargo and fuel, it weighs a little over 381 tons – roughly the same as 65 African elephants.

https://www.key.aero/article/saluting-c-5-galaxy

[PeteS in CA]

I've seen C-5s on final approach flying into Moffett NAS. An amazing sight! C-130s and either C-5s or C-17 still fly into Moffett periodically because some Lockheed contracts require shipment of products by military transport.

[GtHawk]

I've seen C-5s on final approach flying into Moffett NAS. An amazing sight! C-130s and either C-5s or C-17 still fly into Moffett periodically because some Lockheed contracts require shipment of products by military transport.

I lived in Anaheim,CA directly under the flight path for Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos and boy was I surprised when the big boys started flying overhead. It's an interesting feeling the first time as you can clearly count the rivets with them approaching so low. Funny thing my realtor never said a word about it.