UNBELIEVABLE Boeing C-17A Globemaster III USA - Air Force at Madeira International Airport 

Nice too at south pole.

Aviation Channel 2010 not interested!

chapsy1983: You say a "very well built" plane?My cousin was one of the Production Managers in Long Beach....it's well known in Aviation circles its Wing structure is very weak and prone to cracking like the C5s.....which is why a rigorous inspection is required and (what would be considered)"routine" flying-envelope maneuvers are strictly prohibited....the end-result; loss of hull and anything on board. Anyone but a complete idiot know the Russians with their Antonovs make better Wing-Over/Heavy-Lift Military Transport...which is why even our own US Military contracts them along with the 747 Freighters when serious work is needed.

Great aircraft to work on. Way better than the c-5s

@@dmcnamara9859 Aren't there like 2 an124's and 1 225 and didn't the C-5's wing cracks get fixed with new wings. I don't think there are enough of any of those high wing heavy lift Russia Stronk aircraft you're talking about to make the US change its mind about not using them nvm that the 124 and 225's do civilian contract work not military at least for the US. I don't think the wing cracks are as much of a problem seeing that the flight envelope of the C-17 seems to extend well beyond the scope of the aircraft that are it's size unless you (Mr pilot who was debating with an actual maintainer of an aircraft like you built the thing yourself) have a source for that😉.

@@koc988 : Putin's folks got the go-ahead to make more Antonov 124s a couple of years ago. The demand for them as Heavy-Lift Transport for Commercial enterprise never seems to end. Even the US Military contracts the Russians to fly their stuff around, because;not even the C5A,C-17 can do the stuff AN-124s can do around the clock. Russian don't use full- length spars, the outer-ends are bolted on to deal with eventual cracking which all Wing-Over fuselage Heavy-Lift aircraft suffer from.....Russians just unbolt the outer-spars and replace with new Ones.....C5A, C17.....grinding and patch panels are the fix. The Russian Heavy-Lift aircraft have much stronger(yet more flexible) Wing-Boxes and Rib Supports to transfer the load onto the lower airframe than do our USA Heavy-Lift stuff. US Miltary also contracts the Russian Mi-26 to fetch downed aircraft,etc......Mi-26 holds the world record for helicopters....not even the Erickson-Sokorski heavy-lift helicopter can come close to the capabilites of the Mi-26

it just flew over my house on teh south coast i didn’t get a pic 😓

Afonso Nunes It's true Afonso, this epic sound worth it to register, a highlight in my spotter career :D

+joel trevino Me too!

+joel trevino GO BLUE!!!

The flaps are kept retracted until after the Electronic Flight Control System (EFCS) is reset in the lineup check to clear resettable faults, if any (some may be transitory).

Big thanks my friend :D

Thank you, I share my opinion with you. love the C-17 and also the C-5 Galaxy two amazing aircrafts :D

aviationchannel2010 You are soo right! :D

TXLspotting and thanks for subscribing!! :-)

and is by comments like yours that gives me a great pleasure to film and take up to you the best of Madeira airport :D

+Héktor Estrada great... now kiss !

+SiliconValleySky Lack of gas ? Like any army!

A Death Star

+Matthew “Kerman” Penguin Useless if it's tank is empty.

BLynchCAN it still has some use, gravity will pull the earth and death star together and KABOOM.

+BLynchCAN US has enough of it's own fuel... and the C-17 can aerial refuel so in theory can stay in the air until the next maintenance schedule or something fails

Chin Chun Su say you like it not your idol its sin

Hammerschlägen M .

The SEAGULL i thought was unbelievable. Oscar worthy performance. Looked like he didn't care a thing about being taped and put on youtube!

McChord, in Washington? Did you attend the airshow? It was fucking amazing!

My dad retired from the 62nd too, in 98

be sure to check me out from the Caribbean :) !!!!

Yes i will!

And as I said above, is by comments like yours that gives me a great pleasure to film and take up to you the best of Madeira airport, thank you so much :D

aviationchannel2010 awwww moment :) !!!!!

I bet your brother calls it McDonnell Douglas C17 if he worked there before the merger like I do.

h did call it MD C-17 Globemaster. I know it took a lot of years and budget overruns to get it in the air. Hard to believe that it was once considered a billion dollar boondoggle. It was definitely all worth it. Hopefully, Boeing gets through all that's going on right now, my brother told me that the company is offering buyouts to many of it's employees. I agree with President Trump that a healthy Boeing is essential to a healthy US economy, best of luck!

When,go Madeira, fly, only,tap

It was a great opportunity for me to see this beautiful aircraft and its impressive roar :D thank you for your comment :D

aviationchannel2010

Super Rare, thank you :D

An amazing catch and super rare aound here :D

Rodrigo C. Sou

Tap stop,fly, brasileiros, to Portugal,

Chris L U can learn other thing then, Funchal (Madeira) is part of Portugal, so that makes a portuguese seagull.. anyway m8, a seagull is a seagull they don't hv nationalities

+Paulo Sousa I thought seagulls were citizens of Seagullia?

+Shannmeister That's what i thought to till the Falcons took over when their coup was successful :)

Thank you, was the first time I saw, now i want the C-5 Galaxy :D

aviationchannel2010 lol show off !!!!