A C5-A visited Stuttgart, here is a Video about this old ( but gold) plane, listen to the sound *-* at the and of the video should stay at last... not at least... sorry for that and the dustspots, I noted them too late :(
I just found out there is one remaining C5A with the TF39's still on it. Its on display at the Dover AFB museum in the original colors the C5 made her debut with. Makes me sad I'll only ever hear this sound on RU-vid now.
I remember that when I left active duty from the Navy, I had to do a year of Reserves at Naval Air Station, Atlanta, and NAS Atlanta was on the property of Dobbins AFB, so I got to witness these "screaming giants!" I worked with another screaming machine, the F4J Phantoms, with a Mach 2.28 speed. Still love the military jets. Watched the Blue Angels fly here in November of '22 for 3 days straight!
@@steveowens913oh dude! From 78-82, I was at Hahn AB Germany. Started out with F4s and went to F16s. Oh my, what a sound. Saw the Thunderbirds flying F16s, twice. Older troops said the F16 Thunderbird is pretty, but the F4 Thunderbirds were amazing.
That sound is embedded in my head. I lived very close to Dover Afb and miss the sound of the old C5s. I know it has more thrust now, but those engines sound awesome
Definitely an A model, tail# 0451 was a 436th M.A.W. aircraft assigned to Dover. After over 30+ years I still remember all the tail numbers assigned to Dover.
@Stephen Hunt WOW!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??!! I WAS STATIONED AT DOVER AFB FROM 1982-1989. I worked in "Support Section" LOX/NITRO(call sign "Sierra 14"). CMSGT Coke(call sign "Sierra 2"), was in charge of 436 OMS. And then in 1989, I PCS'd to the Azores, Lajes AB(Portugal). I was there for a year, 1990. Then I PCS'd to McGuire AFB, NJ. While there, I TDY'd to Rhein Mein AB, Frankfurt Germany. After that, back to McGuire AFB, and then I got out in 1992. I loved it and miss it sometimes! 😁 I was an E-5(SSGT). Tony 59-year-old Black Air Force VET 🇺🇸✈
Building 0451 was a Travis bird for a long time! I worked this airplane a lot as an Airman APG troop in 1991 and we named it Building 451 because it was always broken........
Absolutely love the TF39's they are screening , growing ,musical masterpieces of art and science never to matched!!! hopefully they keep one set on a Travis c5 for the air shows but if they don't they will not die as long as we remember them! !!
And we can't forget about the other super Workhorse the 747.. sexy, strong, reliable, and safe!! not to ever be topped... big mistake to take these out of the air as commercial airliners it'll be Boeing's worst decision ever to stop producing them!!!!!!!
TF-39s were a little under powered compared to other large aircraft engines like the 747. Switching to the CF6 was a very good decision. Yes the TF-39 had the great distinctive sound. Wasn’t a bad engine to work on either.
This aircraft, 70-0451, is soon to be put on permanent display at the Travis AFB Aviation Museum (whenever funding comes in). UPDATE: As of 2022, due to extreme lack of funding, 0451 is being scrapped UPDATE 2024: Some good news! Some pieces of 0451 preserved and reused for training use & some pieces converted to luggage tags. I bought one of those C-5A luggage tags.
Many times on this platform, in the 90’s we sat backwards, not sure how it is now. From Stuttgart to Dover. Big bird. When fully fueled the wing tips almost on the ground.
Lots of questions I get asked and the most popular ones are take off weight. Under military command I can bend the pay load limit I will go to 863,000 pounds needing over 1 mile to get off ground. And when landing flaps are 100 percent and thrust reverse in deploying immediately on touch down. Thanks for watching captain and shift commander LABonte may the force be with you. 32 years of active service I
@@creigiihtondenynis39 you got that right! I was a DCC at Travis from 1980 to 85. Flew on 451 a few times. I remember the limits you mentioned very well!
What's this? What's this? Do I detect a ringing-shriek sound? Ahhhh.... Boy, this one's been around the block a few times. Oh, oh, there's that ring!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Undoubtedly the best sound of the C-5 is from the pre-modified A models with the Pratt and Whitney TF-39 engines. The entire C-5M fleet is now modified with new engines and digital avionics where something has been lost especially its original sound.
Is it just me or does this C5A doesnt have a Emblem on the sides of the tail cuz normally it says Westover on the left and Patroit Wing on the right and MAC
Stuttgart ist ebenfalls Airbase der USAF, so bekommen wir ein paar mal die Woche ein paar Militärflieger ab, allerdings gilt eine C5-A hier ebenfalls als Rarität, meist kommt die USAF mit C-17 und C-130
Translation: Stuttgart airport is also a USAF airbase, so few times a week we get a few military planes, but a C5-A is rarity here; usually the USAF comes with C-17 and C-130 aircraft. (My father was once a USAF commander at Echterdingen airfield, which is what this airport was called then in the early 1970s, but we lived in Zuffenhausen....I don't recall seeing ANY big cargo planes there at any time when I visited, but probably some came through).
@@RateThisLandingmein lieblings Flieger ist die Galaxy 5 mit alten Triebwerken und die Boeing 747 allerdings mag ich nur die alten weil die schön sind
