This has to be the best C-5 takeoff video on the entire Internet.....I keep coming back. This is like the 10th time I've visited this......and I always watch it a couple of times at least each visit. I guess it's because we can't ever get that sound again in real life, now that they've updated them. So yeah, this is the one for that "fix" we need every so often.....
@iconoclast That's a nice video of a landing and a takeoff of the "Beast" but it was after the new engines replaced the original "screamer" ones. So that's why it sounds completely different than this video here. But thanks for the link!
@@darinbell6982 seems like i remember them flying in and out of Castle once in a while. id have to ask my dad it he ever saw these there. he worked there in the service and as a civilian up until it closed. Malmstrom is way overdue for the chopping block. contrary to popular belief it is absolutely not needed. they could literally service the missiles up at the national guard.
The sound of those engines is probably my all time favorite sound. I started plane spotting when I was 5 years old, living right across the highway from Honolulu and Hickam AFB. 747's and C-5's all day long!
Was privileged to fly these bad boys for 15 years. It's an amazing airplane in so many ways. The aerial refueling was probably the most challenging part of flying but it opened up a whole new aspect of the plane's capabilities. Loved flying it.
My only experience refueling these bad boys was in an R-9 fuel truck when I was stationed at Mather AFB, CA. We had hydrants but they didn't extend to the transit ramp. Had to fill em with with fuel trucks at about 4500 gallons a piece.
I was stationed at Naval Station Rota Spain70. 73 for my last 2 years i worked transit line. Ran the panel to refuel C 141 and just got certified to refuel C5 towards the end of of my tour. I was Navy but the majority of aircraft i refueled were Air Force. Most c141 and c5s came from Mcguire AFB
The most incredible sound, never to be heard again... Loved living at Travis for 4 years while my father was a Crew Chief on these beasts. Cool story. Went to the base with him on a Saturday while they did engine runs. My brother and I sat in the truck. (I was only 5 at the time) The Captain came and got me out of the truck, took me into the cockpit, sat me on his knee, and let me flip all the switches, and introduce fuel on startup. If only that guy knew he started my aviation career that moment, which I now make a living flying corporate jets.
This was a frequent sound when I was growing up but never got tired of it. I would scramble out of the house like a scalded cat to catch a glimpse as they flew over on test flights after being manufactured. Truly the good old days.
I had the pleasure of being the spotter (stood several feet in front of plane watching that nothing got sucked into engine) during engine tests for a C5 when in the Air Force and I can tell you these turbo fans scream at full throttle! But the B1B was louder under afterburner still nothing beat the SR-71 under afterburner that is the ground shaker!
ZEZERBING My platoon had been deployed to Central America the 1st time I'd even heard of these monsters. I was posted at Entry Control to a SCIF when the screaming buzz of the engines got louder and louder as it came in to land.....Friggin thing was like a flying eclipse.....The amount of payload that was taken out of it was impossible for me to comprehend. It was like watching a town's population, and all their vehicles, offload. I was Army.....and a punk kid at the time.....So, my odds of ever seeing one were small.
I'll never forget the first time I laid eyes on a C-5A. Summer 1973, moved to Charleston, SC for a couple months for a job. First time stepping out of the car and a C-5A was passing low directly overhead, gear down for landing. The sheer size of the aircraft and the SOUND, indelible! Saw them a lot that summer with the fleet at Charleston AFB. It was always a bit surreal to watch them in flight. Due to their size, they always seemed to be in slow motion.
My youngest brother Chief Senior Master Sargent Murray was stationed there. He was in charge of the, planes and helicopters. I got to climb all over and in one of these monsters! My Dad worked on the B-52’s in Montana and McCoy and I thought they were the biggest planes ever, until I stood next to these.
Yes, they seem to be in slow motion and I'm always amazed how their color blends in so well with the sky. I see them often near their base at Westover Air Reserve Base Chicopee, Ma.
My dad worked on every C-5 ever built at lockheed in Marietta Georgia . I was on highway 41 (Cobb Parkway now ) when the first one ever flew 8-9 yrs old asleep in the car :( but i was there been in many of them when i was young . Thx Dad for the memories Every time i see one i think of him
Hey Shoe, during the test flights of the first C5A they would fly directly over our house in Gwinnett County. It looked to be low and slow. Years later when I was stationed at Ft. Campbell I got to watch 23 of them take off one right after the other. You never forget the sound of them running down the runway. It was an awesome sight.
I will never forget in 1969-1970, early in the service of the C5, one flew into Kelly Field in San Antonio. I watched it land, then got to go onboard. I was amazed that it would fly, even empty. Then was able to watch it take off and remember that buzzing sound as it took to the air. Thanks for the video that brought back very fond memories.
When my 60 year old mother was taken out to an airshow to see one of these she said it can't fly it was too large and then she stared in disbelief when it appeared to take up so little runway to take off from. That's all she could talk about for the rest of the 2 hour drive home from the airbase.
Phillip Mulligan. The c5 can land and stop within 3 lengths of itself. I have seen it happen. I watched one start to lift off then shut it down. It was at a dead stop within 15 seconds. Not fibbing. They are awesome......
They used the STOL feature in many a emergency location where the runways were compromised by flood, debris damage, or simply too short. They put a C-5 down at Joplin Muni to offload supplies when that EF-5 hit, wrecking St. John's Medical center and a good chunk of the residential district. The rest of the supplies were delivered by C-17 and C-130s.
I live about 40 minutes from Westover, when the C-5's go over my house really low, I still never get tired of just standing in my yard and stare up at them in amazement.
Dad was a fuel systems technician on C5 A Galaxies at Travis AFB. I’ll never forget the tours around the airplane as a child. I will never forget the sound of those giant engines as they flew over my house all day long, every day. Such a unique airplane. And effective as well.
Well I’ll add one of my C-5A Stories to the comments. As a Cameraman for NBC news, Me and 2 other colleagues flew Via C-5A to Dover AFB In Delaware. from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (via Zaragoza) during Desert Shield. 1990. (the run up to Desert Storm). As I recall we left Zaragoza, Spain in late afternoon. The aircraft bay was empty and there was seating on the upper deck for about 25. Around 10pm the Crew chief stopped by our seats and said, “Hey. You guys want to play Frisbee?”- we laughed and said Hell Yeah!-- We climbed down into the bay behind the crew chief - and he turned on the lights and “BOOM!” The huge empty cargo area was totally alight. He pulled a well worn frisbee from the wall of the aircraft- and we took positions 50- feet away - and here comes an expertly thrown frisbee. Our way!!! It was a hoot! We played for about 15 minutes- some where in a box I have a still photo of us with frisbee in the air-- When we arrived at Dover AFB there was some kind of Drill underway- where C-5A’s and C17’s. - were doing the equivalent of Touch and Go- except their “Go” was to climb immediately after take off in a tight spiral up to some specific altitude. One after the other. We watched drop-jawed for an hour on landing as this exercise continued. I don’t know what it was called - but it was interesting. As if it were some kind of emergency sortie exercise.
I have a friend who flies fighters in the USAF and he said they do drills where they practice launching as many airplanes as fast as possible in the event of a air raid on a base. I guess many bases do not have hardened bomb resistant hangers because of the cost of building them so they put more effort into having the ability to defend/deter attack. You can not use a hardened hanger to bomb the enemy. Its a trade off between having more planes to fight a war or a fixed structure, He said depending on the threat picture often the fighters are kept fueled and with air to air missiles loaded so all you need is the pilot. In one of the Israel-Arab wars the bulk of the Syrian and Egyptian air forces were destroyed on the ground in a massive and highly successful air raid, They had a decent warning of tens of minutes but were unprepared to scramble their aircraft. They saw the planes coming on radar but they did not react fast enough. More or less the same thing happened to the Soviet Union when Germany attacked. He said they especially practice scrambling as many aircraft as they can from bases in Europe and more eastern Europe and South Korea because of the far shorter time to react from attack from Russia, North Korea, and China. They try to scramble the cargo planes also because in a air raid many of the attackers will be bombers or fighter bombers focused on the ground attack not on shooting down enemy cargo planes. Better to get your C-5s, C-17s, etc. up and away where perhaps they can scatter and reach a safe base.
My first duty station in the Air Force was at March AFB, which was at that time 22nd Bomb Wing Headquarters. We had 30 B-52C and 30 B-52D bombers with 10 or 12 on the ready alert line. While I was there we had a couple of Operational Readiness Inspections(ORI). We got notified about 15 minutes after their plane landed. In less than another 15 minutes the first Buff was rolling on the runway and when it was about a third of the way down the runway number 2 was rolling and after that it would be 1 lifting off 1 halfway down the runway and 1 starting till they were all gone. The last 3 or 4 takeoffs were a bit wobbly from all the turbulence from the previous launches. I guess nobody will ever see another MITO launch of B-52s. I've forgotten exactly what MITO stood for, possibly Minimum Interval Takeoff.
That thing is sooo loud!!!! Definitely lives up to its name of the video insane screamer! Thou it’s a recorded video and it’s that loud imagine being up close in person and hearing it for yourselves I can imagine that most people will suffer temporary deafness from that magnitude of volume
Way back in 1973, I served in the USAF. I was stationed at Pease Air Force Base as a member of the 509th Bomb Squadron, Strategic Air Command. I was a assistant crew chief on the FB-111. I was fortunate enough to be picked to assist refueling a C-5. This aircraft made a stop at my base and It was somewhat out of the ordinary as most of the time it was just FB-111A's and KC-135's. These are massive aircraft and I remember over 4 fuel trucks coming out to refuel the one I was tasked with supervising and assisting the refuel. Something I'll never forget. Ohh, the memories of the bygone years.
Never get tired of the sound of those engines. Sounds even better from the inside! My daughter's first ever flight in an aircraft was a C5 we flew from RAF Mildenhall to Dover AFB. AIRPOWER!
About five years ago, I had just walked out of a Walgreens, looked up and right above me was a Galaxy heading into Luke AFB. It couldn't have been 200 feet above me. Very impressive sight. The flaps were fully extended and I couldn't believe how slow it was flying.
My Dad worked for Lockheed in Marietta Ga. and worked on every C5 ever made i was asleep in the car on 41 highway /cobb parkway ( not to far from the Big Chicken if anyone knows what that is lol) when the first C5 ever flew it was a parking lot so many cars stopped to watch , the runway was at an angle that it took off over the parkway and flew into the sun so i was told when i got older . I been in a lot of them at Lockheed open house they are HUGE lol . I grew up loving planes and then was crew chief on flight line in the Air Force 78-82 every time i see one i remember him he been gone a long time Love you daddy
Glad to see the USA being friends with the Poles. I visited there a couple years ago and the people who I met were all very helpful and friendly. I wish them well.
In this year the C-5 is now the C-5M and all of these older types like the one here have been scrapped and reengined as the C-5M and today lots of them are flying all over the world.
When I lived in Sunnyvale California the C-5 would fly over my apartment during final approach to Lockheed and every single time I was amazed at how slow the plane appeared to be moving without falling out of the sky. It also amazes me at how little runaway it uses during take off. Anyway amazing video amazing airplane "amazing"
@Andrew E I lived in Mtn. View in the 70s and 80s. I saw and heard the C-5s many times. My brother told me once he driving east on Arques Ave and saw a C-5 flying straight over at a very low altitude apparently not able to climb or gain airspeed. Eventually it did but who knows if it was close to stall speed or not. The new engines were needed.
That's an optical illusion with all jumbos, or any large object. Their size makes them look closer and thus slower than a smaller aircraft or object. They're actually moving about the same speed as any other heavy fixed wing aircraft at that particular phase of flight. How much runway it uses depends greatly on how heavy it is. Here's the other extreme, a C-5 takeoff with a heavy load. Run the engines up to takeoff thrust while standing on the brakes, then down the runway with the engines straining and accelerating like a freight train while eating up almost every inch of a two mile-plus long runway. th-cam.com/video/1Psty8yCewc/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=dasspr
A full assault takeoff (that's with a full load of fuel and completely stuffed with vehicles, equipment, crew) apparently takes 22 seconds from start up to gear up and just under 2km. And it can land with just over 900m of runway, which doesn't even have to be paved. Insane.
I live in south Hadley Massachusetts and these would hurt my ears when I was younger but as I got used to them and grew older I loved the sound of the tf39’s as they screamed their ascent, the c5bs which are know c5m’s, out of westover Air Force base, now westover Air Force reserve base in Chicopee mass, as they hauled somewhat twice their weight in supplies and cargo for the military soldiers out at battle., we had 16 here, then the number was reduced to 8, and all 8 now since have the f138 engines which are better but don’t produce that iconic c5 galaxy sound anymore Man memories of my child hood Update: i see this bird a lot still, as 87-0041 still flies over my house daily training pilots… tho no longer has that iconic sound
Man That looks more like "super short" takeoff. I am aware of the mechanics of the whole damn thing, but i STILL work my brain trying to imagine all that weight being lifted from the ground. Awesome! Go USAF
@QUE x Lobz the new ones takeoff in alot shorter distance because the new engines are apot more powerful. In fact I was told they actually debated the engines because they are capable of making more power than the airframe can handle.
My Squadron flew in two of these to Saudi Arabia within a week of Saddam Hussein attacking Kuwait in 1990. We had 6 AH-1W Helicopters and 140 Squadron Personnel in each C-5 Galaxy. Believe me, it takes a lot more runway for it to take off when fully loaded. It was an experience of a life time and me and my squadron brothers were proud to be part of it.
Every time. Every single time I screw my face up with the look of disbelief that something this bloody giant, gets up enough lift after what seems like a few metres and just goes airborne. Its nuts!
Amazing to watch this plane taking off. The choreography of the main landing gear is awesome. I love how those bogies rotate 90 degrees while retracting (or extending). An incredibly complex engineering feat
Thank you for uploading this video. I have been looking for this for ages. I am an air force brat and I miss the old engines and sounds of non stop air traffic and have not slept the same since.
After 24 years in the USAF, I am still amazed how slow and powerful these are. Something this big and commanding can take all the time it wants. You’ve got to respect the C-5 of any model. As a F/Sgt, I was given the treat of being allowed to climb through the tail and up to the top where the tail light is. 5 stories up. There’s a little ladder up to the top. That was a great experience. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
They're not moving as slowly as they look. It's an optical illusion with all jumbos. Their size makes them look closer (and therefore slower) than they really are. They're actually moving just as fast as any other heavy jets on takeoff roll, rotation, climb out, approach, etc.
I was told 90 feet from ground to bullet tip by the mechanics. They were the same hight as the 747. Used to have to lift up engines with crane in wing. How? I do not know.
THANK YOU for the upload. I just ran across it. My father worked at Lockheed and was there for the C-5B roll out, family day, as a wee little boy. Still remember being in aww at it. Joined the AF and had the experience of fueling and watching these mammoths come and go. NEVER got tired of that sound, the high pitch GROWL, always made me pause and watch the take offs. Top 2 aircrafts to see take off, C-5B and the B-52G. Exhilarating experience for those of us who love military aircraft and aviation marvels.
Great vid thanks. Gotta admit how impressed I was by the number of Poles to come out for one launch. Poles a great Allies, and I’m proud to have them on our team. Outstanding. Ranger Johnson.
We stopped at a rest area on I-70 in western Ohio in August 2018 heading back to Indy, and saw a C-5 flying into Wright-Patterson AFB. I will never forget the sound of the engines. My son and I just stared at it until it disappeared over the horizon. What a majestic aircraft.
Watching a C-5 practice a combat/tactical approach and landing was always fun, especially at night. To lessen their exposure to possible ground fire, they maintain their altitude until they get over the runway, then do a spiraling, steep descent onto the runway. Unfortunately for the local plane spotters, C-5s no longer have those screaming TF39 engines and W-P no longer has C-5's.
I love coming back to this and to think I used to be up close and personal with these aircraft for years. Even had the pleasure of flying on one a few times. This particular aircraft, as stated in the description, was from a base I was even stationed on out of Chicopee Massachusetts. Amazing aircraft and I miss seeing it in the sky.
This is INCREDIBLE! Such a short takeoff and the sound of those turbine engines. WOW!!! Glad to say, I've flown on the C-17 Globemaster when I was in Iraq, the C-141B Starlifter and C-130 Hercules...
I had the privilege of working on the final assembly line of these C-5's in 1969 and 1970. And, I agree one of the most awesome aircraft of all time. I also had the privilege of being on the ground crew/crew chief of the B52 from 1966-1969 with two tours overseas during the Vietnam War.
My father was a C5a,b, fatigue engineer at Marietta for 35 years or so. He tore them up, he did not build them. The test flight pattern flew -1000 feet right over our home. Standing in our driveway watching it come over he would slowly shake his head and grumble something about miracles or absurdities.
I lived in base housing at Travis Air Force Base, California in the 80's and 90's. When they performed maintenance engine runs in the wee hours of the morning, it sounded like the damned thing was in my back yard.
I am from Charleston, SC and used to go to the base as a junior and senior in HS to watch the c5 Galaxy when it was first stationed there in 1970. They were and still are amazing to watch especially with the short takeoff. We called it watching the subs dive. Years later in the 90s I lived off Dorchester Road near the base entrance and less than three miles from the runways. My home was in the flight path of the runways and I could hear the scream of the engines as they were reving up for takeoff. My daughter loved watching them fly over so low.
The new engines on the C-5Ms are better in every way....but they just don't sound AWESOME like the TF-39s! It's the sound that always told you there's a Galaxy in the air.
Size and power combined...just watching that C5A aerial giant solar and the sweet sounding TF39 engines are really a refresher- ahhhhhh! Simple therapy.
I was privileged to stand inside of one of those giants at an airshow. Once you've seen the inside, you can't believe something so large (and usually fully loaded) can even take off.
I use to live in the flight path of Burbank airport. That thing took off one night with the F-117 in its belly and lights off. It was so loud I said a quick prayer thinking it was crashing in my yard for sure.
You sit in the passenger seats facing the back of the aircraft so a lot of troops got sick on deployment flights because of the weird sensation of flying backwards since they were not fans of flying to begin with. I've loved it since my Dad took me up in little Cessnas as a kid. I can never get tired of aircraft.
I grew-up within 30 miles of Travis AFB in Fairfield, California during the 1960s. My Dad would drive our family near the base to hear and see the Screamers take off. It was awesome.
Was stationed at N.A.S. Atlanta in the late 1980's . I got to see the last C-5 B that was manufactured at Lockheed,which shared a runway with our base. I was on top of a AH-1 J when it took off,you could almost never look away when a C-5 took off. About 10 min. later a rumbling sound came up behind me,I turned around,I can say it was only a couple of hundred feet off the ground,it was more than that though. It size alone made it hard to judge,but I know I felt a temperature change when it passed over me. Later on people said this was the end of an era,glad I witnessed it first hand.
I worked at local airport for TransWorld in late 90's. Working the 2nd shift i would wait for the DC-10 Cargo planes from the likes of Fed Ex to take off. Love that sound tooo
I'll never get tired of hearing the C-5's unique sound. First time I heard it was in 1973 at Davis Monthan AFB, near Tucson Arizona. I could see it and hear it from where I lived near the opposite side of the base on Calle Polar. I could see it over the tops of most of the buildings on the base. I couldn't help thinking "That this is never going to get up, it's going to slow.". Heh! It only looks slow because it's so freaking big. The take off in this video is of a very light aircraft, no load and maybe a reduced fuel load. They normally take about 3 to 4 times that much runway to get airborne when loaded down.
Unfortunately for plane watchers the C-5's have been re-engined and no longer have those screaming TF39 engines. The new engines are much quieter and sound just like any other modern big fans. They also produce much more thrust, use less fuel, have better commonality with and parts availability, and require less maintenance. Thank goodness for videos like this one so we can once again hear the TF39 scream whenever we want.
This has to be the best C-5 takeoff video on the entire Internet.....I keep coming back. This is like the 10th time I've visited this......and I always watch it a couple of times at least each visit. I guess it's because we can't ever get that sound again in real life, now that they've updated them. So yeah, this is the one for that "fix" we need every so often.....
Thanks, means a lot
@iconoclast That's a nice video of a landing and a takeoff of the "Beast" but it was after the new engines replaced the original "screamer" ones. So that's why it sounds completely different than this video here. But thanks for the link!
I used to love seeing those take off out of El Toro back in the day. I could always hear it before I could see it.
Planes and Games I remember watching Gag’s videos as soon as they went live back when he was getting footage of the last A’s airborne. Good stuff
@@darinbell6982 seems like i remember them flying in and out of Castle once in a while. id have to ask my dad it he ever saw these there. he worked there in the service and as a civilian up until it closed. Malmstrom is way overdue for the chopping block. contrary to popular belief it is absolutely not needed. they could literally service the missiles up at the national guard.
Proud and lucky to of been called a United States Air Force airman
The sound of those engines is probably my all time favorite sound. I started plane spotting when I was 5 years old, living right across the highway from Honolulu and Hickam AFB. 747's and C-5's all day long!
Was privileged to fly these bad boys for 15 years. It's an amazing airplane in so many ways. The aerial refueling was probably the most challenging part of flying but it opened up a whole new aspect of the plane's capabilities. Loved flying it.
Me TOO
My only experience refueling these bad boys was in an R-9 fuel truck when I was stationed at Mather AFB, CA. We had hydrants but they didn't extend to the transit ramp. Had to fill em with with fuel trucks at about 4500 gallons a piece.
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I was lucky enough to fly in a C-5 out of Rhein Main and RAF Mildenhall. My daughter's first ever plane ride was out of Mildenhall.
I was stationed at Naval Station Rota Spain70. 73 for my last 2 years i worked transit line. Ran the panel to refuel C 141 and just got certified to refuel C5 towards the end of of my tour. I was Navy but the majority of aircraft i refueled were Air Force. Most c141 and c5s came from Mcguire AFB
The most incredible sound, never to be heard again... Loved living at Travis for 4 years while my father was a Crew Chief on these beasts.
Cool story. Went to the base with him on a Saturday while they did engine runs. My brother and I sat in the truck. (I was only 5 at the time) The Captain came and got me out of the truck, took me into the cockpit, sat me on his knee, and let me flip all the switches, and introduce fuel on startup. If only that guy knew he started my aviation career that moment, which I now make a living flying corporate jets.
Hey cool story Tex, isn't amazing what an experience and some inspiration can do!!!
Makes perfect sense to me. How could you resist the lure
Awesome, former Travis kid! 😊
To be asked " what do you want to do when you grow up" and have an absolute answer. 😎
That's really good story
What a true hero. He sacrificed his ears so that he can film this masterpiece.
This was a frequent sound when I was growing up but never got tired of it. I would scramble out of the house like a scalded cat to catch a glimpse as they flew over on test flights after being manufactured. Truly the good old days.
Tower: "C-5 Galaxy, please remember noise abatement procedures"
C-5 Galaxy: "Lol"
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This ain't called the Galaxy for nothing!
C 5 : Noise abatement what's that ??? *pushing the Throttles all the up 100% Max Power* BRAHAHAHA
It's the B1B that shakes the world
I had the pleasure of being the spotter (stood several feet in front of plane watching that nothing got sucked into engine) during engine tests for a C5 when in the Air Force and I can tell you these turbo fans scream at full throttle! But the B1B was louder under afterburner still nothing beat the SR-71 under afterburner that is the ground shaker!
Beautiful - I worked A Models in the mid '70's
I still can't wrap my head around the fact that these things can fly.
That's a silly thing to say. Airplanes work *because* the laws of physics, motion, etc are the way they are.
Lunar Delta - Ah, Duh. What a buzz kill. You and Sheldon.
ZEZERBING My platoon had been deployed to Central America the 1st time I'd even heard of these monsters.
I was posted at Entry Control to a SCIF when the screaming buzz of the engines got louder and louder as it came in to land.....Friggin thing was like a flying eclipse.....The amount of payload that was taken out of it was impossible for me to comprehend.
It was like watching a town's population, and all their vehicles, offload.
I was Army.....and a punk kid at the time.....So, my odds of ever seeing one were small.
Anytime my friend, anytime.
Mike Habic, Great story -- thanks!
object centered in frame, steady hand while filming, proper use of zoom; very well done. A rare feat!
Agree!
I'll never forget the first time I laid eyes on a C-5A. Summer 1973, moved to Charleston, SC for a couple months for a job. First time stepping out of the car and a C-5A was passing low directly overhead, gear down for landing. The sheer size of the aircraft and the SOUND, indelible!
Saw them a lot that summer with the fleet at Charleston AFB. It was always a bit surreal to watch them in flight. Due to their size, they always seemed to be in slow motion.
My youngest brother Chief Senior Master Sargent Murray was stationed there. He was in charge of the, planes and helicopters. I got to climb all over and in one of these monsters! My Dad worked on the B-52’s in Montana and McCoy and I thought they were the biggest planes ever, until I stood next to these.
Yes, they seem to be in slow motion and I'm always amazed how their color blends in so well with the sky. I see them often near their base at Westover Air Reserve Base Chicopee, Ma.
taking off by the power of 4 massive engines and an immense disrespect for gravity 😄
My dad worked on every C-5 ever built at lockheed in Marietta Georgia . I was on highway 41 (Cobb Parkway now ) when the first one ever flew 8-9 yrs old asleep in the car :( but i was there been in many of them when i was young . Thx Dad for the memories
Every time i see one i think of him
Hey Shoe, during the test flights of the first C5A they would fly directly over our house in Gwinnett County. It looked to be low and slow. Years later when I was stationed at Ft. Campbell I got to watch 23 of them take off one right after the other. You never forget the sound of them running down the runway. It was an awesome sight.
@@krisknowlton5935 thats awesome Kris I still hear them and know what it is instantly
I will never forget in 1969-1970, early in the service of the C5, one flew into Kelly Field in San Antonio. I watched it land, then got to go onboard. I was amazed that it would fly, even empty. Then was able to watch it take off and remember that buzzing sound as it took to the air. Thanks for the video that brought back very fond memories.
When I hear these bad boys I come running outside to watch them. Loved them since I was a kid.
MILITARY: We need a new heavy lift aircraft.
ENGINEER *SLAPS FOUR DEMONS, TWO WINGS AND A PILE OF WHEELS ON A RANDOM GRAY WAREHOUSE*: Good to go!
BW Acuff
Awesome description 👍
Now that's amazing picture you just made bro.
LMMFAO very good description if you weren't able to see what it was lol....
You killed me with that one.
Bruh...i just choked laughing lol
That juggernaut of a C5 Galaxy beast is just truly an awesome and amazing freak of mechanical ingenuity.
When my 60 year old mother was taken out to an airshow to see one of these she said it can't fly it was too large and then she stared in disbelief when it appeared to take up so little runway to take off from. That's all she could talk about for the rest of the 2 hour drive home from the airbase.
Phillip Mulligan. The c5 can land and stop within 3 lengths of itself.
I have seen it happen. I watched one start to lift off then shut it down. It was at a dead stop within
15 seconds. Not fibbing. They are awesome......
They used the STOL feature in many a emergency location where the runways were compromised by flood, debris damage, or simply too short. They put a C-5 down at Joplin Muni to offload supplies when that EF-5 hit, wrecking St. John's Medical center and a good chunk of the residential district. The rest of the supplies were delivered by C-17 and C-130s.
@Philip Mulligan >>> THANK YOU for posting that -- you made my morning!
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LOL awesome story my friend!
Hahaha that’s great
what a giant bird and what a powerful engines, few second and the huge airplane is over the clouds
I live about 40 minutes from Westover, when the C-5's go over my house really low, I still never get tired of just standing in my yard and stare up at them in amazement.
The sound of FREEDOM!
Yeeehaw!
Dad was a fuel systems technician on C5 A Galaxies at Travis AFB. I’ll never forget the tours around the airplane as a child. I will never forget the sound of those giant engines as they flew over my house all day long, every day. Such a unique airplane. And effective as well.
One of the best combinations of size and manoeuvrability.
Well I’ll add one of my C-5A Stories to the comments. As a Cameraman for NBC news, Me and 2 other colleagues flew Via C-5A to Dover AFB In Delaware. from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (via Zaragoza) during Desert Shield. 1990. (the run up to Desert Storm). As I recall we left Zaragoza, Spain in late afternoon. The aircraft bay was empty and there was seating on the upper deck for about 25. Around 10pm the Crew chief stopped by our seats and said, “Hey. You guys want to play Frisbee?”- we laughed and said Hell Yeah!-- We climbed down into the bay behind the crew chief - and he turned on the lights and “BOOM!” The huge empty cargo area was totally alight. He pulled a well worn frisbee from the wall of the aircraft- and we took positions 50- feet away - and here comes an expertly thrown frisbee. Our way!!! It was a hoot! We played for about 15 minutes- some where in a box I have a still photo of us with frisbee in the air-- When we arrived at Dover AFB there was some kind of Drill underway- where C-5A’s and C17’s. - were doing the equivalent of Touch and Go- except their “Go” was to climb immediately after take off in a tight spiral up to some specific altitude. One after the other. We watched drop-jawed for an hour on landing as this exercise continued. I don’t know what it was called - but it was interesting. As if it were some kind of emergency sortie exercise.
I have a friend who flies fighters in the USAF and he said they do drills where they practice launching as many airplanes as fast as possible in the event of a air raid on a base. I guess many bases do not have hardened bomb resistant hangers because of the cost of building them so they put more effort into having the ability to defend/deter attack. You can not use a hardened hanger to bomb the enemy. Its a trade off between having more planes to fight a war or a fixed structure, He said depending on the threat picture often the fighters are kept fueled and with air to air missiles loaded so all you need is the pilot. In one of the Israel-Arab wars the bulk of the Syrian and Egyptian air forces were destroyed on the ground in a massive and highly successful air raid, They had a decent warning of tens of minutes but were unprepared to scramble their aircraft. They saw the planes coming on radar but they did not react fast enough. More or less the same thing happened to the Soviet Union when Germany attacked. He said they especially practice scrambling as many aircraft as they can from bases in Europe and more eastern Europe and South Korea because of the far shorter time to react from attack from Russia, North Korea, and China. They try to scramble the cargo planes also because in a air raid many of the attackers will be bombers or fighter bombers focused on the ground attack not on shooting down enemy cargo planes. Better to get your C-5s, C-17s, etc. up and away where perhaps they can scatter and reach a safe base.
That sounds awesome!
I spent 3 yrs at Dover ...
My first duty station in the Air Force was at March AFB, which was at that time 22nd Bomb Wing Headquarters. We had 30 B-52C and 30 B-52D bombers with 10 or 12 on the ready alert line. While I was there we had a couple of Operational Readiness Inspections(ORI). We got notified about 15 minutes after their plane landed. In less than another 15 minutes the first Buff was rolling on the runway and when it was about a third of the way down the runway number 2 was rolling and after that it would be 1 lifting off 1 halfway down the runway and 1 starting till they were all gone. The last 3 or 4 takeoffs were a bit wobbly from all the turbulence from the previous launches. I guess nobody will ever see another MITO launch of B-52s. I've forgotten exactly what MITO stood for, possibly Minimum Interval Takeoff.
I’m from Delaware thats cool man live 25mins from there
That thing is sooo loud!!!! Definitely lives up to its name of the video insane screamer! Thou it’s a recorded video and it’s that loud imagine being up close in person and hearing it for yourselves I can imagine that most people will suffer temporary deafness from that magnitude of volume
There will NEVER be another sound like this one!
Way back in 1973, I served in the USAF. I was stationed at Pease Air Force Base as a member of the 509th Bomb Squadron, Strategic Air Command. I was a assistant crew chief on the FB-111. I was fortunate enough to be picked to assist refueling a C-5. This aircraft made a stop at my base and It was somewhat out of the ordinary as most of the time it was just FB-111A's and KC-135's. These are massive aircraft and I remember over 4 fuel trucks coming out to refuel the one I was tasked with supervising and assisting the refuel. Something I'll never forget. Ohh, the memories of the bygone years.
Pease in Newington (Portsmouth) NH...Blue Angels there in 2025!
Very impressive sight and sound; that F'n sound is unique and awesome - Made in USA over 50 years ago!!
Never get tired of the sound of those engines. Sounds even better from the inside! My daughter's first ever flight in an aircraft was a C5 we flew from RAF Mildenhall to Dover AFB.
AIRPOWER!
I do believe that practical FRED is from the 439th, based at Westover AFRB, Chicopee MA. I always love the sound of freedom that makes!
About five years ago, I had just walked out of a Walgreens, looked up and right above me was a Galaxy heading into Luke AFB. It couldn't have been 200 feet above me. Very impressive sight. The flaps were fully extended and I couldn't believe how slow it was flying.
that sound..gives me CHILLS!
Punched in 'Shes a screamer' and this is what I got. Excellent!
She is a wailer.thats more better
Loved the Space- A / MAC flights on these back in the day @ Yokota AB, Japan 👍 👍 👍 👍!!!!!
the most haunting engine sounds of all time.
I always thought that honor was bestowed on the F-4..........
Tie fighter has the worst sound
Which I never heard or saw in person sadly and there are basically no alternative planes that sound like this :(
Pete Jones the 52 isn’t exactly whispering! I call her the Whistle Bird!
I’m really sad they changed the engines.
My Dad worked for Lockheed in Marietta Ga. and worked on every C5 ever made i was asleep in the car on 41 highway /cobb parkway ( not to far from the Big Chicken if anyone knows what that is lol) when the first C5 ever flew it was a parking lot so many cars stopped to watch , the runway was at an angle that it took off over the parkway and flew into the sun so i was told when i got older . I been in a lot of them at Lockheed open house they are HUGE lol . I grew up loving planes and then was crew chief on flight line in the Air Force 78-82 every time i see one i remember him he been gone a long time Love you daddy
i used to be in the air force the 1st year this plane came out and that take-off still amazes me. wow!!!
The absolute best sound. Sad to see the tf39's retire. Never be the same
Glad to see the USA being friends with the Poles. I visited there a couple years ago and the people who I met were all very helpful and friendly. I wish them well.
In this year the C-5 is now the C-5M and all of these older types like the one here have been scrapped and reengined as the C-5M and today lots of them are flying all over the world.
40 years since I was in a c-5 galaxy and I'm still at awe of her sight and sound. 😀😀
I had an office right on the approach to Dobbins. I would expect one C5 to end up sitting next to me. Unforgettable sound.
When I lived in Sunnyvale California the C-5 would fly over my apartment during final approach to Lockheed and every single time I was amazed at how slow the plane appeared to be moving without falling out of the sky. It also amazes me at how little runaway it uses during take off. Anyway amazing video amazing airplane "amazing"
@Andrew E I lived in Mtn. View in the 70s and 80s. I saw and heard the C-5s many times. My brother told me once he driving east on Arques Ave and saw a C-5 flying straight over at a very low altitude apparently not able to climb or gain airspeed. Eventually it did but who knows if it was close to stall speed or not. The new engines were needed.
Thanks for watching captain. Captain and shift commander LABonte air mobility command patriot wing commander.
That's an optical illusion with all jumbos, or any large object. Their size makes them look closer and thus slower than a smaller aircraft or object. They're actually moving about the same speed as any other heavy fixed wing aircraft at that particular phase of flight.
How much runway it uses depends greatly on how heavy it is. Here's the other extreme, a C-5 takeoff with a heavy load. Run the engines up to takeoff thrust while standing on the brakes, then down the runway with the engines straining and accelerating like a freight train while eating up almost every inch of a two mile-plus long runway.
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This video is so awesome. They don't scream like this anymore, and that takeoff is just friggin' insane. Absolutely love it! Thank you!
15 sec from throttle up to take off. Thats amazing
Hello, it was 24 -26 seconds. only the c-130 using jato can get airborn that fast, cheers!
@@billythekid3234 did you watch the video and count the seconds? because it seems to me you cannot count to 16
BILLY THE KID Wrong
It’s those engines is the secret to its sheer power
A full assault takeoff (that's with a full load of fuel and completely stuffed with vehicles, equipment, crew) apparently takes 22 seconds from start up to gear up and just under 2km. And it can land with just over 900m of runway, which doesn't even have to be paved. Insane.
I live in south Hadley Massachusetts and these would hurt my ears when I was younger but as I got used to them and grew older I loved the sound of the tf39’s as they screamed their ascent, the c5bs which are know c5m’s, out of westover Air Force base, now westover Air Force reserve base in Chicopee mass, as they hauled somewhat twice their weight in supplies and cargo for the military soldiers out at battle., we had 16 here, then the number was reduced to 8, and all 8 now since have the f138 engines which are better but don’t produce that iconic c5 galaxy sound anymore
Man memories of my child hood
Update: i see this bird a lot still, as 87-0041 still flies over my house daily training pilots… tho no longer has that iconic sound
Man That looks more like "super short" takeoff. I am aware of the mechanics of the whole damn thing, but i STILL work my brain trying to imagine all that weight being lifted from the ground. Awesome! Go USAF
@QUE x Lobz the new ones takeoff in alot shorter distance because the new engines are apot more powerful. In fact I was told they actually debated the engines because they are capable of making more power than the airframe can handle.
I like how you idiots praise the military. One day the very things you all praise will go against you.
It BREACHED the air, like a beautiful whale reaching for the sky. That was incredible
@@Starset1881 not every military is USSR and Iranian military that attacks it's own people
My Squadron flew in two of these to Saudi Arabia within a week of Saddam Hussein attacking Kuwait in 1990. We had 6 AH-1W Helicopters and 140 Squadron Personnel in each C-5 Galaxy. Believe me, it takes a lot more runway for it to take off when fully loaded. It was an experience of a life time and me and my squadron brothers were proud to be part of it.
Magnificent sight and a majestic take off! Screamingly a shortest take off!
Every time. Every single time I screw my face up with the look of disbelief that something this bloody giant, gets up enough lift after what seems like a few metres and just goes airborne. Its nuts!
Amazing to watch this plane taking off. The choreography of the main landing gear is awesome. I love how those bogies rotate 90 degrees while retracting (or extending). An incredibly complex engineering feat
And they go up and down to allow it to squat down for load and unload.
@@joebledsoe257 Thanks Joe. Very impressive engineering.
Thank you for uploading this video. I have been looking for this for ages. I am an air force brat and I miss the old engines and sounds of non stop air traffic and have not slept the same since.
After 24 years in the USAF, I am still amazed how slow and powerful these are. Something this big and commanding can take all the time it wants. You’ve got to respect the C-5 of any model. As a F/Sgt, I was given the treat of being allowed to climb through the tail and up to the top where the tail light is. 5 stories up. There’s a little ladder up to the top. That was a great experience. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
They're not moving as slowly as they look. It's an optical illusion with all jumbos. Their size makes them look closer (and therefore slower) than they really are. They're actually moving just as fast as any other heavy jets on takeoff roll, rotation, climb out, approach, etc.
I was told 90 feet from ground to bullet tip by the mechanics. They were the same hight as the 747.
Used to have to lift up engines with
crane in wing. How? I do not know.
THANK YOU for the upload. I just ran across it. My father worked at Lockheed and was there for the C-5B roll out, family day, as a wee little boy. Still remember being in aww at it. Joined the AF and had the experience of fueling and watching these mammoths come and go. NEVER got tired of that sound, the high pitch GROWL, always made me pause and watch the take offs. Top 2 aircrafts to see take off, C-5B and the B-52G. Exhilarating experience for those of us who love military aircraft and aviation marvels.
Great vid thanks. Gotta admit how impressed I was by the number of Poles to come out for one launch. Poles a great Allies, and I’m proud to have them on our team. Outstanding.
Ranger Johnson.
We stopped at a rest area on I-70 in western Ohio in August 2018 heading back to Indy, and saw a C-5 flying into Wright-Patterson AFB. I will never forget the sound of the engines. My son and I just stared at it until it disappeared over the horizon. What a majestic aircraft.
Watching a C-5 practice a combat/tactical approach and landing was always fun, especially at night. To lessen their exposure to possible ground fire, they maintain their altitude until they get over the runway, then do a spiraling, steep descent onto the runway. Unfortunately for the local plane spotters, C-5s no longer have those screaming TF39 engines and W-P no longer has C-5's.
I love coming back to this and to think I used to be up close and personal with these aircraft for years. Even had the pleasure of flying on one a few times. This particular aircraft, as stated in the description, was from a base I was even stationed on out of Chicopee Massachusetts. Amazing aircraft and I miss seeing it in the sky.
Insane a plane that big gets up that fast
Man! I love the sound of that bird taking off! Proud to be an American!
Amazing how quickly that big boy can get up off the ground!! Beautiful plane!
That’s incredibly amazing to see something like that fly over our skies , that large and heavy and to take off so quickly, wow I’m so amazed
Massive thrust + massive lift + light (or no) load = short take off roll
I have had the privilege to fly on the C5A,141,130.Many Years ago,but real memories not forgotten.
This is INCREDIBLE! Such a short takeoff and the sound of those turbine engines. WOW!!! Glad to say, I've flown on the C-17 Globemaster when I was in Iraq, the C-141B Starlifter and C-130 Hercules...
The voice of the C-5 Galaxy is unique, not heard in any other aircraft.
16 seconds on the runway at full power, then lift off....incredible, even when no load on board.
One of those videos which, when you watch it once, just have to watch again. 'Insane' an understatement
I had the privilege of working on the final assembly line of these C-5's in 1969 and 1970. And, I agree one of the most awesome aircraft of all time. I also had the privilege of being on the ground crew/crew chief of the B52 from 1966-1969 with two tours overseas during the Vietnam War.
Guam??
My father was a C5a,b, fatigue engineer at Marietta for 35 years or so. He tore them up, he did not build them. The test flight pattern flew -1000 feet right over our home. Standing in our driveway watching it come over he would slowly shake his head and grumble something about miracles or absurdities.
That thing sounds angry. What an amazing machine!
Could JATO be used on this.
You did an excellent job with sound and holding the cam so steady
Can’t believe an airplane that large can hold that angle of attack right after take off. That thing is amazing.
Just proves if you attach enough thrust you can make anything fly lol
@@JamesTheCaptain ksp tought me thjs
Good Lord!
That beast actually took off and very smooth.
Wow..
Those turbofans are so beautiful sounding. i could listen to that GE TF39 at night and it would put me to sleep. Such a great sounding engine
I lived in base housing at Travis Air Force Base, California in the 80's and 90's. When they performed maintenance engine runs in the wee hours of the morning, it sounded like the damned thing was in my back yard.
A few years ago I toured in one last day of an air show, the next day it made a tight turn right over my head at my house. So cool!..
One of those videos you just smile so hard while watching and get goosebumps
I lived right next to the airbase in Bangor, ME for close to a decade and you heard and saw these frequently, NEVER got old
The sound of a Lockheed C5 or any Boeing widebody on take off gives me goosebumps! There's no sounds like them! 👍
I am from Charleston, SC and used to go to the base as a junior and senior in HS to watch the c5 Galaxy when it was first stationed there in 1970. They were and still are amazing to watch especially with the short takeoff. We called it watching the subs dive. Years later in the 90s I lived off Dorchester Road near the base entrance and less than three miles from the runways. My home was in the flight path of the runways and I could hear the scream of the engines as they were reving up for takeoff. My daughter loved watching them fly over so low.
That sound gives me goosebumps every time!
I live next to Westover ARB I miss that old engine sound! AWESOME vid :)
The new engines on the C-5Ms are better in every way....but they just don't sound AWESOME like the TF-39s! It's the sound that always told you there's a Galaxy in the air.
Better in every way except the sound! TF-39s ftw!!!
God I miss that sound :'c
Ditto nothing sounds like the old engines used to be able to tell it was a c5 without looking.
@@rickwilcox5131 we3
Its the sound that draws the crowds
Size and power combined...just watching that C5A aerial giant solar and the sweet sounding TF39 engines are really a refresher- ahhhhhh! Simple therapy.
Absolutely incredible short takeoff! Thanks for posting.
Love that C-5 growl.
I was privileged to stand inside of one of those giants at an airshow. Once you've seen the inside, you can't believe something so large (and usually fully loaded) can even take off.
I use to live in the flight path of Burbank airport. That thing took off one night with the F-117 in its belly and lights off. It was so loud I said a quick prayer thinking it was crashing in my yard for sure.
What a catch, the C-5 is such a beast! Nice to see the big crowd out enjoying some spotting.
Have mercy!!!
Inside galaxy airforce plane
Fantastic Lockheed C5 super Galaxy departure and the sound was incredible!. Nice video
Thanks mate.
Now that’s how a c-5 should sound
Exactly. The new f138's replacing the tf39's is boring
You sit in the passenger seats facing the back of the aircraft so a lot of troops got sick on deployment flights because of the weird sensation of flying backwards since they were not fans of flying to begin with. I've loved it since my Dad took me up in little Cessnas as a kid. I can never get tired of aircraft.
You just can't not love the sound of that power...
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I grew-up within 30 miles of Travis AFB in Fairfield, California during the 1960s. My Dad would drive our family near the base to hear and see the Screamers take off. It was awesome.
Sounds almost as good as the A10!!! This is awesome!!
Was stationed at N.A.S. Atlanta in the late 1980's . I got to see the last C-5 B that was manufactured at Lockheed,which shared a runway with our base. I was on top of a AH-1 J when it took off,you could almost never look away when a C-5 took off. About 10 min. later a rumbling sound came up behind me,I turned around,I can say it was only a couple of hundred feet off the ground,it was more than that though. It size alone made it hard to judge,but I know I felt a temperature change when it passed over me. Later on people said this was the end of an era,glad I witnessed it first hand.
love the sound of those engines
R.S Cherry brings back memories of my career
I was a flight engineer on the C 5 galaxy for about 15 years. I really enjoyed flying on it.
Disco J.
TF-39 engine rocks
I worked at local airport for TransWorld in late 90's. Working the 2nd shift i would wait for the DC-10 Cargo planes from the likes of Fed Ex to take off. Love that sound tooo
@@hooperjaee yep it is a modified pw jt-9d
... and that is exactly what it sounds like.
Epic!
I'll never get tired of hearing the C-5's unique sound. First time I heard it was in 1973 at Davis Monthan AFB, near Tucson Arizona. I could see it and hear it from where I lived near the opposite side of the base on Calle Polar. I could see it over the tops of most of the buildings on the base. I couldn't help thinking "That this is never going to get up, it's going to slow.". Heh! It only looks slow because it's so freaking big.
The take off in this video is of a very light aircraft, no load and maybe a reduced fuel load. They normally take about 3 to 4 times that much runway to get airborne when loaded down.
Unfortunately for plane watchers the C-5's have been re-engined and no longer have those screaming TF39 engines. The new engines are much quieter and sound just like any other modern big fans. They also produce much more thrust, use less fuel, have better commonality with and parts availability, and require less maintenance. Thank goodness for videos like this one so we can once again hear the TF39 scream whenever we want.
Fast forward to 3:40. Yur welcome. Great video and that sound oh yeah. Seen it in person. Toured one at an airshow
There are no crowds like this with the Ms. They aren't impressive without the TF39s. They are what make the Galaxy, a Galaxy. Awesome video 👍
Truth.
I used to watch jets like this in the late 60's :) ove Hanau, Germany :)