The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
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Stash wrote:
You know it's big but when you see it up close and personal you realize it's not just big, it's huge. 
It is; one has to see it close-up to appreciate it.
Jul 16, 2018 16:05:22 #
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Rob48 wrote:
2018 Great New England Airshow
Nice shot, I wonder how long of a runway it requires to get off the ground. Bob
Jul 16, 2018 17:38:56 #
Jul 16, 2018 19:04:47 #
Transbuff1985 wrote:
Nice shot, I wonder how long of a runway it requires to get off the ground. Bob
8,300 ft.
Jul 16, 2018 19:05:44 #
KWK wrote:
Monster of a plane a mechanics nightmare epically for Hydraulics.
Having been inside, I know what you mean.
Jul 16, 2018 19:13:31 #
Rob48 wrote:
You should see it close-up.
Yes, A Space Shuttle might fit inside. That I've stood next too. The biggest "vessel" I've been near or in fact on, was the USS Iowa Battleship!
Jul 16, 2018 19:16:00 #
Rob48 wrote:
8,300 ft.
Yikes! That is over a mile and a half!
Jul 16, 2018 21:06:39 #
brucebc
Loc: Tooele, Utah
wwright wrote:
Many years ago, while stationed at NAS Dallas, I got to see the inside of one of those. It is massive! There is fixed seating in the upper section of the tail for something like 75 people. The droop on the wings is also something to see. As it takes off, you can watch the wing tips rise, then lift the plane into the air.
I think it is 73 people and you fly facing the tail(backwards). It is 40 steps up a stairway to get into the passenger section.
Jul 16, 2018 21:49:50 #
The C-5 Galaxy routinely carries 73 troops and 36 standard 463L pallets. The aircraft is able to carry two M1 Abrams main battle tanks, or one Abrams tank plus two M2/M3 Bradley fighting vehicles, or six AH-64 Apache/Apache Longbow attack helicopters. Also, the C-5 is able to carry as many as 15 HMMWV (humvees).
Jul 17, 2018 10:20:18 #
polonois wrote:
The C-5 Galaxy routinely carries 73 troops and 36 standard 463L pallets. The aircraft is able to carry two M1 Abrams main battle tanks, or one Abrams tank plus two M2/M3 Bradley fighting vehicles, or six AH-64 Apache/Apache Longbow attack helicopters. Also, the C-5 is able to carry as many as 15 HMMWV (humvees).
Thank you very much, polonis; information like this really fills out a post.
Jul 17, 2018 10:21:13 #
brucebc wrote:
I think it is 73 people and you fly facing the tail(backwards). It is 40 steps up a stairway to get into the passenger section.
Thank you very much for the info, brucebc; it's appreciated.
Jul 17, 2018 10:22:10 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Yes, A Space Shuttle might fit inside. That I've stood next too. The biggest "vessel" I've been near or in fact on, was the USS Iowa Battleship!
I would like to see (and photograph) a ship like that.
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