Taxi out and LONG Takeoff Roll in a C-5. Conditions were 37 degrees Celcius and aircraft weight was over 700,000 lbs. I think GO speed was close to 150kts....
Thanks for your service... I was in a nursing home 2 days ago amd so a airmens photo he was a B52 mechanic what an experience that must have been for the two of you! I myself am a diesel technician
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Thanks for the upload! In 1971 I flew on a C-5A from Yokota to Charleston SC with a pit stop in Alaska. It was absolutely the smoothest, quietest flight in my life, not at all like the KC-135, C-141 or of course the C-130 (in which I flew the most total hours). After I boarded a DC-9 for the final leg home the C-5 taxied past and literally blocked out the sun. Wow. I'll never get to do that again. Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1971).
I was in the navy back in the 80s when we caught a mac flight out of okinawa.While we were waiting in the terminal the crew chief told the people waiting if there were women wearing skirts it would be best to change to pants, a big "huh??" Till we got inside the C5 that the we realize that passengers had to climb this vertical ladder just to get to the "second deck" were the seats were. Poor woman who was wearing a mini skirt was in front with her husband covering her rear end while climbing this ladder with a bunch of sailors looking up!! The look on this guys face....priceless!
I walked through one at an air show at March ARB....up the aft ramp and in...Like a CATHEDRAL...I have Agoraphobia...i was INCHING down the fwd ramp....even with my Converse Tactical boots on that are super grippy...they're REAL BIG aircraft...and that fwd ramp is REAL STEEP when you have a fear of OPEN HEIGHTS....
The husband was giving us the evil eye just by looking up.I can imagine what would happen if a bunch of cameras were focus in that direction....priceless! .
Same old US Navy. Adult men acting like 8th grade boys ooogling at looking up a Woman’s dress. Jim Taylor is an example of what’s wrong with the military.
If you've ever been close to one of these great beasts while they're taking off or coming in to land - they are so large - they seem to be moving too slowly to remain airborne. Amazing aircraft.
Got to see one depart Newport (KONP) OR several years back when they brought it in to fly Keiko the Orca out to her new home in Iceland. Granted, it wasn't 37C there (not sure it ever is), but the runway is a compact 5400'x100' and that C-5 was pretty close to MTOW with whale, water and all of the support staff, etc. It kinda looked like a strip mall with wings dwarfing the runway and nail-biting notwithstanding, that beautiful behemoth got airborne with a surprising amount of runway left.
@@toxikwastedump I've actually seen one going backward. There was a C152 trying to take off in a 60kt headwind gust. The poor guy got up to about 200' AGL and then just started hanging there, then moved rearward a few yards before the gust died and he started creeping forward again. Poor guy had a helluva time climbing out!
In 1982, I flew as an “Additional Crew Member” (ACM) on a C-5 from Travis AFB to Hickam AFB, Hawaii. I climbed the ladder to the passenger deck with its rear facing seats. Huge aircraft and a great flight.
We used to go get medivac patients off the C5’s at NAS North Island San Diego CA as they came across the Pacific and landed there. Our ambulances always looked like little toys next to the C5 engines as we sat beside the plane on the runway and they brought down patients from the upper deck. Much respect and thanks for the C5 pilots and aircrew who made those long trans-Pacific flights with some very sick and badly injured patients.
During the first Gulf War we were flying the airplane at our 840,000lb wartime emergency gross weight. I had my longest takeoff roll in the airplane in a 21 year career on a mission out of Andrews...11,000ft plus! More power was always what that airplane needed. Would love to experience the C-5M Super Galaxy.
I made a round trip on the C5 A going from Dover to Dhahran AB, SA during the first gulf war. flying backwards with one stop in Spain for refueling. My first flight was out of Ft. Campbell, KY landing in Egypt for Bright Star 1980...
I was a flight engineer on these from 1996-2000 at Travis and just loved flying on them. Taking off was always a thrill! This took me right back into that feeling of sitting at the F.E. panel. Thanks for sharing. :-)
1960"s were a pioneering decade; Harrier, SR71, 747, C5 , USS Enterprise(1stNuclearCarrier), Mustang&Lamborghini were born in'64, '62Ferrari GTO, ApolloSaturnV, etc
He was doing what was then called a “TRT static” takeoff. That wasn’t a fuel burn down, rather, a run up to maximum takeoff thrust, completion of full engine checks, and then brake release. With the TF-39 engine we would do that type of takeoff when we were performance limited.
I was a C-5 load out of Travis 2001-2004. That sound brings back great memories. My favorite part was sitting in the loadmaster seats in the troop compartment and when the plane lifted off the trail actually dropped a little before it floated up. Lots of fun for a 20ish year-old kid.
Love that sound. Was a hydraulics guy at travis afb in the late 80s. In my off time would go and watch them do take offs and landings. Amazing airplane!!!!!!!
Was Hydro at McChord. Went to Travis in 84 I think when Runway at McChord getting repaired. I thought I took hydro baths on the 141. Nothing prepared my for C5 baths or size of hydro packs lol.
I just love youtube period, being able to think of some random thing and then find 20k videos on that exact thing is a dream come true for me, when i was a kid all i had was Discovery Wings channel ;)
I've been fortunate enough to see the C-5s up close a number of times and gone for a tour inside. The aircraft is just mind boggling to look at with amazement at how something so huge can actually get airborne. My mother in law lives under the flight pattern at the AFB here and one weekend while there a C-5 came in for a touch and do. The plane was maybe 700 feet above her house with the gears down and it was jaw dropping to see this.
Thanks for your service. I was with the DCANG,121st TFW, 113th Cams on Andrews AFB, and live and shop the surrounding area. I'm retired now but I'd come help put more power on those wings for Safety and Capability. Sunday on the way home from Church, a C-17 was on final cross the 495 Beltway and had full flaps, very quiet and was moving so slow it startled me to think Stall, and it was moving away from me. It goes to show that Excellent Flight Crew, Aircraft, Maintenance, Weather, Field, and Support makes for good flying. It's approach was a lot slower than the flashback I had to the F-105's, F-4's, and F-16's I worked on as a 328X4, Avionics Mechanic. However, I'll always remember the flight deck of the C-130 and my Back Seat time in the "Thud". It didn't fly nothing like a hi- wing Cessna!🛫✈🛩😋
I was in sticky situation in which we had negative load in Kimhae and the runway was so short. The best take off ever, stand on the brakes then TR then balls to the walls. as crew chief I sat in the IP seat.. it was the best.
Growing up in Sacramento, CA I lived right off of Mather AFB. The sound of C-5s and B-52s is so ingrained in my memory that this sound took me right back to my childhood 😁 The growl of those C-5s is so distinct ☺️
I did too as I lived right off Bradshaw and probably saw you there. I spent MANY days @ happy lane , You know the spot where the planes took off and landed at Mather and you could get a Birdseye view and let your ears hear the freedom 🇺🇸when those B-52’s roared off the runway And the C5 galaxy, oh my never get tired of that sound never! now I’m up by Kingsley airfield in Southern Oregon and it’s nothing but F15 , F5’s as they run sorties sometimes F35’s from Arizona. yep, I’m still like a kid in a candy store when it comes to planes and jets and always will be. ✌️🇺🇸🙏🏻💪🏼
I had the Awesome pleasure of riding on 3 C5-A's during my time in the army, and the last time was when we took off from Ft Campbell going to Saudi in Aug 1990 for the Gulf War. This video when i close my eyes reminds me of sitting up top and listening to the TF39 power while sitting there at the end of the runway fully loaded with 6 UH60A Blackhawks in the belly going to WAR! Thanks for this video, takes me back :)
In 1962 I was crew on Navy R6D (4 props) assigned to pick up Signal Corps and equipment at Ft Huachuca to Vietnam. There was no weighing facility there plus short runway. We estimated weight. Max weight of R6D wartime was 112000 lbs. We barely lifted off at end of runway and took 30 minutes to get 5000 alt. Plane commander said we must have weighed 150000 at takeoff!
My father was with Army Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth as a civilian EE and during the Viet Nam War he travelled to Fort Huachuca frequently. We kids looked forward to cool souvenirs from his trips to AZ.
This reminds of of some of my heavy takeoffs in the C-141. One special ops flight into and out of a field in NE Africa comes to mind. There was no WX observer and while we taxied out at max weight, the wind shifted from calm to about a 5kt tailwind. I checked the INS at about 500' AGL after an uncomfortably close liftoff (within 400' of the departure threshold). The C-5 has slats, unlike the C-141, but it also has a relatively thick airfoil and thus the lower pitch angle during the 2nd segment climb. More to this story but enough for tonight. Thanks for the video!
turbo8454 my best buddy was 82 airborne. Proudest and crazier than anyone I ever met. He gave me a rank as pfc which stood for proud fuckin civilian. Thanks for your service turbo.
@@turbo8454 Ahh, Jumper, eh? Hope you had a great time in the Army. Watched you guys up at Maguire AFB back in the '80's doing jumps during the airshows there.
in 1977 I was Army stationed at Weisbaden AB in Germany, one summer day I saw a 'Fat Albert' taking off to the west out of Rhine Main AB..... it looked like a blimp rising through the air as it passed almost straight overhead!
Only got to fly in a C-5 once in my A.F. career. Never forget looking up that ladder with all my gear. LOL ALWAYS loved these planes. Thank you for this video & your service to our country.
We've never had a need for an aircraft that large with the size of our military and our commitments. They can all be achieved by the C-130J and now the C-17.
@@rachelsaviation346 Not just for the sake of having it, no. We actually base our aircraft acquisitions on what would benefit us, not what's coolest. Consider the infrastructure that's needed to support just 1. We dont have large airbases or runways dotted all over the country either, something which the C-5 needs, considering it needs about 8500 ft to take off. The C-17 is an exceptional aircraft for our needs, as is the C-130. What would be cool is still to have the F-111 flying, that we got the F-22, not the F-35, or the SU-35. The range and and ability of the SU-35 air frame, coupled with our own avionics, integrated into a modern western air force would be amazing. We could have the F-111G, SU-35, the F-18F. That's pretty deadly.
I watched them do touch and goes from the Elks Lodge and Country Club golf course for years. Got to go fly the simulator one night with a friend who's dad got us in. I was a kid and my grandpa was the golfer. Interesting times back then.
C-5 crew chief 89-94 Dover AFB. If you think ol’ FRED is impressive, you shoulda seen what we used to tow that 765/840K monster around before these modern tow vehicles. The old Oshkosh U-30 was 70K lbs of horsepower and torque. I’ve been in the C-17 business since 1994 but the C-5 will always be my first love! Trust me, if you can work FRED, you can work ANYTHING!
Thanks for watching and ur support. FREEDOM FLIES LOUD N HIGH. I had two tanks needing 8,600 feet to get off the ground gross weight over 864,127 pounds.
I have a M.S. in physics and have been an ardent military flight enthusiast since I was a little kid and it still amazes me to see these big heavy birds fly.
@@videomaniac108 I've often wondered if there is a theoretical upper limit to the size of an aircraft if the length of runways and hardstands aren't an issue. Imagine having aircraft so large there is seating in the wings with a birds eye view to the front.
I have been on many airplane flights. Large, Medium and Small airliners to Twin Beech Air Ambulances to a 115 Hp Citabria, and an 85 HP Aeronca Chief. My only C-5 flight was in January 1991 from Dover DE to Frankfurt. But we stopped in England as the traffic in Germany was too high. There are no windows and we faced backwards. This is the only airplane where I Could Not Feel or Hear when we Touched Down. I heard the flaps, the gear, some more flaps....waiting.....waiting...and then the engines pulled to idle. No Reverse thrust. Incredible. I can remember that flight to this day. 👍🏻🇺🇸
We used to have a fleet of C-5s here at Stewart ANG, but it was switched to C-17s. The ANG offers free tours of the plane/cockpit every week to schools and private citizens. When the C-5s were active here, we used to say that they created their own weather system!
I love the C5 but the C17 is so good also. I live in Maybrook and was at the air show 2 years ago when the B1 was there. The C17 demo was great. They landed and kept the reversers on until the dam think went into reverse and naked up the runway.
Yep, finally saw a C-5 at an airshow last week...... It was an "M" and the let-down is real folks....it may as well been a FEDEX 777 taking off from KMHT with the obvious lack of screaming turbines.... The pilot did a nice display, but I'd bet a lot of the crews miss the 39s
@@KPX-nl4nt - having supported these aircraft during the 80's I can assure you that these planes have never had a 75% flight abort rate. The ratio would have been the exact opposite of what you stated
@@KPX-nl4nt that was my thought as well - I just didn't want anyone reading to think that the C-5 had a worse than average maintenance to flight hours ratio 😊
I remember one sitting on a desolate desert runway, with nothing else around it seemed even bigger! In air refueling and some great chow after weeks of C-Rats, the Loads always treated us GREAT!
I lived next to el Toro air station back In the 80's. You could hear the big turbine warming up for miles. We'd listen and wait til they lifted off and flew right over the house really low. They looked like they were barely moving. Always an amazing sight.
I spent 14 of my first 18 years as an Air Force brat. Being stationed twice at (now closed) Rhein Main AB and then Ramstein AB we always had C-5's coming and going. I grew to love what I called their "Banshee Wail". At Rhein Main there was a 20 to 30 foot high observation hill along the base fenceline about a ½ to ¾ mile from the base-side runway as Frankfurt International and the base shared the two runways. To a 12 year old kid it literally felt like you reach up and touch the belly of the beast as they drifted past. I finally got to fly on one taking a Space Available flight from Dover AFB to Rota NAS coming home on leave ( to Ramstein AB to see mom, dad and my brother. Getting home from 29 Palms involved 6 Space A flights leaving from March AFB and taking me all the way to Athens AB in Greece before cathing a C-130 back to Rhein Main. That is a long and hilarious story for another day. It was mid October of 87 when I made home. I was out in the high school parking lot with some friends who were in JROTC and were practicing their Color Guard Drill for the Homecoming game that weekend. It was about 1630 and the earlier than normal brutal cold rain and wind of November was about to drive us all back inside when we heard the distant "wailing" of a Galaxy getting to roar down the runway. It had to have been pushing a max load as it still had not cleared the trees by time we had cased the colors in front of the school. Finally it climbed above the trees and it literally looked as though the blustery, rain driven winds were going to completely stall it out. It was wailing so loudly that all of us could not help but just stare deep in our own thoughts and later, after what felt like 5 minutes (in hindsight probably around 60 seconds) we all just kind of had a look of total relief on our faces. All of us were JROTC lifers, 3 or 4 years, and as such we knew the principles of aerodynamics and thrust (not flight crew training levels, but easily more than most people). That C-5 was, to the naked eye, staying aloft on those massive wings and slats and the ability for that enourmous thrust to be maintained for several minutes. Sadly, one did crash in the lead up to Desert Storm, thankfully before reaching Ramsten Village as the flight path leads directly over the town...
Most modern locomotives weigh between 400,000 and 500,000 pounds. Many freight cars can carry over 200,000 pounds with a gross weight of nearly 150 tons.
@Robert H S-a-a-a-ay, I was stationed at Dover AFB DE, between 1982 - 1989. I was in the 436 OMS (green cap, white numbers and letters), worked in the Support Section(Sierra 14), swing shift, servicing LOX and NITROGEN. Then I had orders to PCS to the Azores(Terceira Island), in Portugal. I loved it there, the people were so friendly, and hospitable. After the Azores in 1992, I caught a military hop on a KC-10 back to the states. And then finishing that last year at McGuire AFB in NJ. While at McGuire AFB, I went TDY to Frankfurt, Germany on a C-141, and stayed there for 3 months. I had a blast, took a tour bus to Holland and Amsterdam, it was beautiful! And then flew back to McGuire AFB, for the last 2 months and got out as an E-5, SSGT, after 12 years. My eyes are starting to water... Tony 59-year-old Air Force VET 🇺🇸
You don't need to thank us. I flew C-130s for the USAF and flew everywhere in the world, well just about everywhere. Been to Hawaii and Europe more times than I can remember. Stayed in resort hotels most of the time and often would have my wife fly over commercial and stay with me in my nice hotel room which was payed for by the taxpayers. As an officer, I never had to share a room. Only one time in Frankfurt did I have to double up with another crew member. Essentially, I was paid to fly and travel and had a great time doing it. Prior to becoming an officer and aviator in the USAF, I was an enlisted Marine. Now in the Marine Corps, it was no picnic. The Marine Corps is hard core, no frills military warrior life. It is two different worlds between the USMC and the USAF. As an officer and aviator in the USAF, I was treated like a prince compared to what it was like as an enlisted Marine. Even though, I had a great time as an aviator in the USAF, learned to fly and was paid relatively decent, I claim the Marine Corps as my tribe. We did have an esprit de corps in the 'green machine'. Often people tell me,"thank you for your service". As a Marine, I'll take the gratitude, as a guy who had the time of his life as a USAF 'trash-hauler', I say to myself, "If they only knew".
During hurricane Maria they landed few times with supply and soldiers to support the people at the marathon airport in Florida Keys, at the moment of take off it felt like the turbines wanted to swallow the whole airport, short runway so full power, was awesome
Impressive sound! I still like the screaming sound of the old C5 in take of in my rememberance. Awesome aircraft! Arie Bert Versteeg from the Netherlands ;-)
I remember my first takeoff in a B-52G. Like all USAF pilots of the time I had just come out of flying the T-38, which typically used a few thousand feet of runway, then climbed with the VVI always pegged at 6,000 FPM (actual climb rate in afterburner was close to 30,000 fpm if you accelerated to best climb speed of 540KIAS). As was usual at the time, virtually every B-52 takeoff was made at max gross weight, 488,000 lbs, because that is the weight we would be at when taking off for WW-3. So we put in TRT (takeoff Rated Thrust) and the B-52 is making a lot of noise and smoke but we are just burning up runway. It's not even hot out, probably less than 20 degrees Celsius, and as we pass 8,000 ft of an 11,800 ft runway I'm thinking, "we're not going to make it". Finally we hit rotation speed, about 160 knots, and I pull back and off we go, in an almost level attitude. I had never used up that much runway, or climbed out at such a low rate of climb. It turns out that at relatively light weights the B-52 could takeoff in a much shorter distance, and could actually climb quite quickly, especially the H model. When we, rarely, took off with just 50,000 lbs of fuel for a pilot proficiency flight (so gross weight of about 240,000 lbs, of half of max, we didn't even bother with calculating a takeoff power setting or takeoff distance. We would just sort of push up the power half way and we were flying in a few seconds.
Respect from a construction worker/Trucker. I learned young what haulin a 100,000lb Excavator on a trailer pulled by a Western star Dump truck with My Dad at 3:30 in the mornings lol
Yeah but that’s not 840,000 pounds and 11,000 feet to get off the ground. Captain and shift commander LaBonte. Air mobility command. PATRIOT WING. U. S. A. F.
This is one amazing plane. I got to walk around and take a walk through the cargo section a few times as a kid when my uncle was stationed at Plattsburgh AFB as a staff sergeant. This was back in the late 80s, early 90s. I think it was a Strategic Air Command base at that time. Got to hang around that base quite a bit, but I can't remember most of it. I remember seeing the Thunderbirds as well as an F-18 demo. The F-18 hadn't been in service all that long so I remember my uncle was pretty stoked about seeing one on base. I remember him raving about how it could do 90 degree climbs without stalling. Anyway, I fondly remember the C-5 galaxy and the whining roar that thing made when running up. Nothing like it.
I was a flightline rat at Luke AFB in the early 80's used to seeing Falcons and Eagles take off and land. The first time I witnessed one of these monsters take off I was amazed it even left the ground. Looked so slow after used to seeing the fighters practically jump off the ground. Very cool!
I remember asking my supervisor 20 years ago "how do you remember which aircraft will take us on the deployment"... He said " The smaller the number.. the bigger the plane" lmao it's not 100 % but damn I remember seeing a C-130.. then a C-5 and was speechless.
I lived just off runway 1 at Dover AFB in the height of Viet Nam, ‘66-‘70, when THE VERY FIRST squadron of C-5A aircraft came thundering in from manufacturing and outfitting. Til then, the thunder in the skies over our home were all C-141 Starlifters and all kinds of jet fighter aircraft all day, all night, and of course at that time the twice/day citywide blaring of the air raid sirens at noon and 5pm. We had gotten pretty well adjusted to the whine and roar of massive jet engines rattling our windows day and night, with aircraft so low from standing in our yard we could often see the pilots behind the windscreen. The day the C-5s flew in we were absolutely awestruck. We hadn’t even seen the vaunted Boeing 747 in civilian service yet, and then *boom!* THESE MONSTERS came roaring in over our home, so huge, so low-and-slow, we couldn’t believe that they could fly. They seemed motionless, hanging in mid air, so slow. The deafening roar added a new dimension to the rattling windows, dishes and glasses literally rattling in the cupboards. Just absolutely amazing, and so awe inspiring for a young boy enamored with military aviation. I’ve been in love with the C-5 ever since. And then 40 years later and from a world away, my daughter and her husband served a number of years at Dover AFB in the 2000s and I got to relive some of that, visiting them and my two grandkids, both born Air Force babies, at that very same place. Great memories! 🇺🇸
Now we know why there is a C-5M! reminds me of the old movie "Strategic Air Command" when Col JimmyStewart thought that B-36 would never clear the runway.
We were SAC, KC-135's (499th) air-refueling to support a TAC mission for NATO back in '65, at Moron AB (Seville). I was an airborne nav repairman. Leaving to come home we (ground support) were last to fly out. The next to last KC heavy with support equipment and Spanish marble, did about the same, at the overrun, lifted and barely cleared the olive grove. I recall something like 10,000 ft of length used up.
Flew across the creek on one of these beautiful monsters when I was in the service. Needless to say the cargo bay area was huge. What awesome power!!!! 🙂👍👏
Had the pleasure of taking my helicopter for a ride more than once in these unbelievable craft. They still took a bit of the runway with us on board but nothing like when they loaded them with tanks. They almost look like they aren’t moving at all just before landing. Taking off was quite the show too.
In 1972 I had the privilege of flying (on travel orders) in a C-5 Galaxy from Andersen AFB, Guam, to Yakota Japan, to Hickham AFB, Honolulu to Travis AFB, California. I sat in a section somewhere on the second (or third level) in a compartment that absolutely looked like it came out of a civilian commercial jetliner. Same seats and all. I've always been in awe of this particular bird. It was a comfortable flight.
You were back in the 'troop compartment' William, aft of the wingroot upstairs... Yep, relatively comfortable airlines seats, facing backwards, for great safety....
Thanks for the verification and response, Frank. Very appreciated. Amazing aircraft it is. I slept like a baby all the way from Hickam to Travis. All the best to you. :)
Flew on several C-5's in the 1990's and 00's - some to and from Central America but mostly around the Pacific - Australia, Thailand, etc. Got stranded a few times when they broke, of course, but being stuck in Thailand isn't necessarily a bad thing! Never got tired of watching these enormous beasts take off and land!!!
Daaaamn! Absolutely blew my ear drums using headphones. Remember seeing one at RAF Mildenhall that was on the hop from Iraq a few years ago. Absolutely beautiful aircraft and the sound of those JT8Ds is just amazing especially when it hits the "Sweet Note". Need more footage man! Hurrah from Britain. We'd follow you Americans anywhere anytime!
Nice Takeoff! I love planes! I love to fly. I'd like to see this Plane outside. I've already worked in a BrazilianAirline. Congratulations for the Video Frankcanfly!
The C-5M is ....... a sweetheart! The main new feature is more powerful engines, upgraded from four General Electric TF-39 engines to General Electric F-138 engines. The new engines, which are also quieter, allow the C-5M to haul more cargo with less room needed for takeoff. SMSGT flight engineers (me) have much more room with swivel and side-to-side chair mounts with electronics that are out of this world.
The Air Force was great for getting max loads on their aircraft. In 1965 we deployed from Barksdale to Guam with a stop in Hickham. Our KC-135A had enough fuel for the eight hour trip plus reserve. Riding inside were two J-57 engines along with 65 troops, their gear and tool boxes. It was either July or August. Temp over 100 F. We used all of the 11,700 feet of runway and rotated halfway through the over run!
My Pops flew those out of Dover in the early 70's, after the 141s, after the B-47s where every day one wondered if Pop would make it back home. He used to tell some tall tales of the C-5 and one was an onboard fire over the Atlantic.. scary thought. Later I enlisted and was at one point stationed in Incerlick, Pops had gotten to be a Instructor on the C-5 at the time... flew into Incerlick and actually had the cajones to pick me up for a Christmas stay back in the States.. with having a Secret Clearance he had me come up to the flight deck and to some dismay to the pilots had me rotate the Auto pilot heading knob... it was a gas to watch out those huge windows!... Needless to say, I wondered about that airborne onboard fire story all the way back, lol.Miss the old bugger Pops
I'm so glad I was afforded the opportunity to fly on a C-5A before they were retired and the Bs we all re-engined. I flew space-available from McGuire AFB to Ramstein in about 2014. It was indeed the smoothest flight I've ever experienced.
Hated flying backwards and not a window to take a look out, but a lot of noise from UK or Ramstein back and forth to USA for a 5$ box lunch. Thank you for many safe rides.
We had a few of these come to my base at Barksdale AFB LA. one day I saw one coming in the distance, for a landing, so I waited and waited... it never came. I went to lunch came back 40 minutes later, and it was still coming... just kinda hanging there in the distance. The engines have an eerie whining howl.
not CF6's that's for sure. They have odd booster segment in front of a fan with IGVs on that engine which causes that weird noise plus that there's no common duct for the bypass. Now we use blocker doors to get more air in, just as with 1:1 JT3 used to. Also, there was no stator between the forward booster and the 1.5 stage fan. media.defense.gov/2016/Apr/12/2001514186/-1/-1/0/160325-F-BO262-006.jpg
Hi I know very little about aircraft I understand it takes a lot of engine to get airborne but what the hell keeps it AIRBORNE for colossal distances!!!!!
I woke up on a very dark morning, no sun, no stars, nothing. Just thunder. I went outside and it was pitch black, then all of a sudden the sun came out from behind a C5. It was glorious. The Sun was alright too.
In 1973? I was a part of a ground handling team (TASF) who brought several C5s into RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, full of kit to support the Suez clearance operation. They each had CH53s on board which were assembled and flying within hours of being offloaded. They left empty, so take-offs were impressive. As RAF aircraft tech guys, we were amazed at the C5 advanced technology, and the size of them. One tech guy per engine, in-flight tyre pressure adjustment, freight floor sensors to calculate weight and CoG plus a systems diagnosis computer. We had The Belfast - please don't ask!
An uncle of mine who was in the fire department at Travis Air Force Base told me that at the end of the Vietnam war at least one of these planes had a thousand people onboard, I think many were children and babies.
always loved the c-5 galaxy since one landed at speke airport on route down south in 1980 and as a kid could discover the whole plane as it was proper open to the public
