Just a few minutes ago, a flight of seven (7) C5-A Galaxy's flew over my house heading southwest. As I live in the area of Boeing field, and Joint base Lewis-McCord, I am used to seeing these big birds land and take off, but this is the first time I have seen seven of them strung out in a line like that. Seven of them makes a pretty good racket.
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That sounds like a good show
Where is the pix? Got a few air miles in a C5-A/Bs = FRED!. SKE formation for tactical op?
I'll bet that got your attention when you first heard the noise.
It would have been all 12 in the squadron(assuming the min number per squadron), but the other 5 were in the hangar on jack stands with all the parts stripped off to make 7 of them fly. Only 3 will probably make it back to base without breaking at the destination(if they all make it to the destination that is).
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Whats the joke:
If you see 3 C5's and 2 are on jack stands, whats wrong with the 3rd?
They ran out of jack stands...
.Whats the joke:
If you see 3 C5's and 2 are on jack stands, whats wrong with the 3rd?
They ran out of jack stands...
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C5's are an impressive sight. Every other month or so an Antonov AN 124 lands at the airport here (no idea why). The Antonov is freaking huuuge.
I haven't seen a C5 in a long time, but I get to see 3 or 4 C-17s strung out in a line from time to time as we are on the approach to one of Fort Bragg's drop zones. Sweet looking birds. Never got to jump outta one of those, though.
This thread needs pics.
I wish I had taken pics. I had never heard such a racket, and that was only the first three. My wife is the only person in the house good with a camera, and she didn't want to miss the show to get a camera. We often hear them coming in to land because the flight pTh for landing goes very close to our house. As they turn for final approach they REALLY hit the throttles..man, that sounds like serious power!!!
17 Wing here in Winnipeg is "a" training area for the C-130 Hercules, and as I understand it, it used to be "the" main training area. We still see them once in a while here, along with CF-18's, but nowhere near as much as we used to. Especially when they were practicing their "touch-n-go's".
It would have been all 12 in the squadron(assuming the min number per squadron), but the other 5 were in the hangar on jack stands with all the parts stripped off to make 7 of them fly. Only 3 will probably make it back to base without breaking at the destination(if they all make it to the destination that is).
Whats the joke:
If you see 3 C5's and 2 are on jack stands, whats wrong with the 3rd?
They ran out of jack stands...
You'd be on jackstands too if you humped 122 tonnes of payload all over the world for 42 years!
Fun Facts
The interior and exterior paint on the C-5 weighs 2600 pounds.
The distance of the first flight by the Wright brothers was less than the length of the C-5 cargo floor.
The cargo compartment of the C-5 will hold 100 model 113 (Beetle) Volkswagens, 106 Vegas, 90 Ramblers, 58 Cadillacs, or 6 standard Greyhound buses.
More than 100 miles of wiring are required to functionally operate all C-5 aircraft systems.
The C-5 carries enough fuel for the average American car to make 130 round trips between New York and Los Angeles, or 31 trips around the world.
Each C-5 engine gulps approximately 42 tons of air per minute.
The cargo compartment of the C-5 is large enough to hold an eight-lane bowling alley.
The total engine power of a C-5 equals that produced by 800 average cars.
Each C-5 tire wears down approximately 0.002 inches per landing.
Each C-5 wheel brake wears down approximately 0.0005 inches per landing.
The C-5 contains over five miles of control cables.
The C-5 can carry 25,844,746 ping pong balls.
The C-5 can carry 328,301,674 aspirin tablets.
The C-5 can carry 3,222,857 tortillas.
Each wing of the C-5 weighs over 40,000, which is equivalent to the weight of a C-130, minus engines.
Each C-5 contains over four miles of tubing.
The C-5 can haul 3,934 bushels of wheat.
The C-5 cargo area is able to carry more automobiles than 13 transport trucks, or two "car-carrying" freight cars.
Each C-5 engine nacelle is 1 ½ times the length of a Cadillac, large enough to garage a Mustang.
Fuel capacity of the C-5, 49,000 gallons, would empty 6 ½ rail tank cars.
Also, its fuel capacity is equal to the volume of an average five-room house.
The C-5 can carry 76,216 fifths of California wine, or 277,263 cans (12 oz.) of your favorite beverage.
Tire on the C-5, (24 on the MLG, 4 on the NLG), weigh 4214 pounds. They hold 181 pounds of air when inflated to the prescribed pressure.
A full C-5 load of first class mail, (at one ounce per letter/37 cents per letter) would require $1,391,200 in postage.
The environmental control systems of the C-5 has a total cooling capacity of 24 tons; enough to air condition eight average sized homes.
Fuel weight of the C-5 is about equal to the maximum gross weight of the C-141A model.
If all the exposed surfaces of the C-5, which is computed to be 33,526.6 square feet, were covered in ice of uniform 1/16" thickness, it would weigh 9,778.6 pounds.
Christopher Columbus' entire three ship crew of 90 could have ridden comfortably in the upper deck of the C-5, leaving the whole cargo compartment for horses, chickens, goats, and trinkets for the Indians.
Theoretically, the C-5 can hold 2,419,558 golf balls, provided they are not in containers or otherwise restrained.
There are approximately 1,658,800 fasteners in the C-5 aircraft. They are located as follows: wings-411,900; fuselage-1,182,000; empennage-64,900
C-5 Galaxy Fun Facts
I live about 8 miles from dover air force base there a very common sight here.
when I lived in San Antonio TX it was exciting to see the space shuttle piggy back in on anther air craft I saw it many times and was always amazed
when I lived in San Antonio TX it was exciting to see the space shuttle piggy back in on anther air craft I saw it many times and was always amazed
The loudest, best show I ever got was when a local pilot who let me sit backseat in his P-51 for a ride flew with two other P-51's over my Pop's house one Sunday afternoon when we were grillin an chillin. I got a call from him the day before,"hey man, I got a couple buddies here with a pair of Mustangs. When we fly out tomorrow we'll do a fly over for ya. Where ya gonna be?"
We were outside and this noise was coming from the north. I tell my Pop,"Hey come out here and listen to this!" he comes out, and starts looking. About that time, three WWII painted Mustangs come rippin over the roof's waggin the wings! They had to be maybe a c-hair over tree level, and probably breaking a few laws as they flew over then went up toward the city.
Those Mustangs have always been my favorite aircraft just for th enoise they make when they fly by...Bad Ass!
We were outside and this noise was coming from the north. I tell my Pop,"Hey come out here and listen to this!" he comes out, and starts looking. About that time, three WWII painted Mustangs come rippin over the roof's waggin the wings! They had to be maybe a c-hair over tree level, and probably breaking a few laws as they flew over then went up toward the city.
Those Mustangs have always been my favorite aircraft just for th enoise they make when they fly by...Bad Ass!
A Boeing 747 carries more and flies farther on less fuel then a C5A, just not built for "unimproved runways" and STOL.
