The C-5 Galaxy’s Vast Cargo Hold. The C-5 has high-set wings and a high T-shaped vertical stabilizer. For propulsion the C-5 ...

The C-5 Galaxy, designed in the 1960s to replace the C-133 Cargomaster and complement the smaller C-141 Starlifter, had a difficult design period. Wing fractures prevented the aircraft from being ...

The plane’s “cargo box” is 13.5 feet high, 19 feet wide, and 143.75 feet long. This adds up to 34,734 cubic feet of cargo space, or what C-5 maintainers call a “warehouse with wings ...

Production of new C-5As was halted that year, and the first contract to re-wing the C-5s was signed in 1975. US airmen work on an engine on a C-5M Super Galaxy at Travis Air Force Base in ...

Per Lockheed, the C-5 Galaxy can carry twice as much cargo as any other airlifter in existence, and with the jet's boasting a reported maximum takeoff weight of 840,000 pounds, we're inclined to ...

C-5 Galaxy Taking Off Looks Like a Beluga Whale Flying Over New Jersey. 22 Oct 2021, 08:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This C-5 Galaxy deployed with the 436th Airlift Wing out of Dover Air Force ...

This C-5 Galaxy was photographed mid-air from above as it was performing a refueling mission ... The Galaxy was flying to a date with a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, ...

C-5M Galaxy airplanes are constantly overhead, as the 433rd Airlift Wing operates out of Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland. This amazing machine is the biggest thing the U.S. Air Force flies.

This Massive C-5 Galaxy Almost Crashed. ... Jay Lacklen is a former C-5 pilot with 12,500 flying hours and the author of two books, ... The wing decided to put him up for a Flying Evaluation ...

A C-5 Galaxy from Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicoopee, ... The 101st Air Refueling Wing, known at the "MAINEiacs," is based at the Maine Air National Guard base at Bangor Interational Airport.

The C-5 Galaxy’s Vast Cargo Hold. The C-5 has high-set wings and a high T-shaped vertical stabilizer. For propulsion the C-5 relies upon four turbofan engines. The four engines guzzle fuel from ...