I have been a maintainer for the C-5A, B, C, and M models for 26 years. The C-5 Galaxy makes it possible to provide logistical support for vast amount of humanitarian crisises, infrastructure, and military. I have had the privilege to see the world to repair broke C-5's and years later, I have never been prouder of been part of C-5 history.
That’s so cool you get to do that, these truly are a strategic asset and the C-5 is such an impressive piece of engineering. Are the toilets vacuum flush like on commercial aircraft or the more basic design that one has to manually empty each toilet?
The Air Force used to give kids tours of these at the Dayton Air Show when I was young. I got to sit in the pilot seat, it was like being in a 3 or 4 story building. They gave us kids unit patches and stickers, and the crew was always happy to show the bird off to us kids and our parents.
I took a tour of the C-5 at Travis AFB and got to look out the forward hatch above the cockpit and see the vast wingspan of this plane. Very awe inspiring! They had this plane next to the B-52 and it made that plane look small!
We loaded 3 Black Hawks and a HEMTT on one to take to Jamaica in the early 90's. I remember asking the crew where we were going to sit - and they took me "upstairs" to see the troop seating area that I had no idea existed. My mind was blown.
@@LefaMorobe Short answer - it's safer. In the event of a crash passengers facing the rear have a better chance of surviving the deceleration. So you might ask, why don't commercial airlines face their seats backwards? They don't do it because paying customers prefer to sit facing forward (it's what they are used to) and facing forward also helps with motion sickness. Since the US military doesn't really _care_ what non-paying passengers flying in their C-5s prefer, or if they get airsick, they opt to go with the safer option.
Same here when I was stationed at in Alaska. We flew to Cali for a mission. The C-5 barely made it off our runway. I was blown away by how huge the plane was in person. I felt like our black hawks were like tic tacs to that plane.
@TangoSierra888 I'm envious of both of you. I had the chance to leave the army and be a load on C141's in late '89 with Charlston ANG. I passed on the opportunity cause I was sure I was going to make E-7 the following year. Which I did. Always regretted passing on it. My first C141 ride was in '76 on my way to Germany, for my first assignment. I was in awe and thought that load master was the coolest dude in the world. I flew and jumped out of 130's and 141's for years.
@@MBBHMM Hey, we all gotta do what we gotta do for our career progression, & so don’t look at it with regret. Sometimes that means passing up certain opportunities for greater opportunities. But I will say this - I joined in 2003, but didn’t cross into the aircrew world until 2012. This is by far, the best job I’ve ever had. Makes me a little sad that I’m coming up on the final leg of this journey, but it’s been an incredible ride.
@TangoSierra888 You're right, of course. Like most people, that's on my coulda, shoulda, woulda list. Thanks for your service, brother . And enjoy the rest of your time. 👍🏾💯🇺🇸
On the first of my two Space-A flights on a C-5 an engine failed 3 hours out of Rhein-Main. The plane jerked violently to the right when it happened. The pilots quickly righted the aircraft, and we flew for another 15 minutes or so before diverting to an airbase in England. It was afternoon when we exited the plane and had to go through customs and then left on our own. We were told to return the next day by some morning hour that I don't remember. I had my two pre-teen stepsons with me on the flight and we spent the night in a B&B near the airport. This was a time before cell phones, so not so easy to do. We returned the next day and boarded the same plane and flew on to Dover, DE without further issues. Unlike a normal airliner, the C-5 is not noise insulated. You have to wear hearing protection when flying in one.
I grew up a few miles from a reserve air force base. We saw (and heard) them constantly. It was normal to just stop your conversations mid sentence when they were flying overhead. The older engines SCREAMED. The newer ones are significantly quieter.
Some minor corrections 1. C5-As were buikt in the 1960s and, except for the two C-5C SCM aircraft, have all been retired. C-5Bs were buikt in the 1980s and, along with the SCM aircraft, were upgraded to C-5Ms. 2. Across from the bunk rooms are two avionics compartments. 3. Theres a couple of reasons for the empty space in the hayloft. Main one is, it's behind the pressure bulkhead, which lines up with the cargo hold's pressure door/loading ramp. Also, tge control cables for the empensge run through it. 4. The empty space behind the oressure bulkhead is bigger than the cargo space on a C-130. 5. The, so-called, drive through loading doesn't exactly work as depicted. The aircraft can be aft kneeled to load/unload vehicles from the back and forward kneeled for the same purpose. IOW, you can load a truck or tank through the back door, and drive it out through the front. 6. The aft cargo ramp is in two sections. The drive-up ramp serves as the pressure door. The aircraft can be level knelt, which brings it up to truck bed height, lije a C-130 or C-141, in whic case the pressure door is stowed up along the ceiling. This is also done for airdrops. Using K loaders, pallets can be loaded without kneeling the aircraft. 7. Usually, both forwar and aft ramps are not lowered at the same time as they would require shoring under the support pads. I've only seen it done st sir shows for static displays. 8. Each main landing gear bogie can be raised or lowered independently. This can allow tire changes when no jacks are available (done it) or keep the a bogie away from the ground if it fails to rotate when extended (seen it a couple of times).
Best to proof read before posting, but got the gist of your informative details. Thanks for this extra info and Thanks for your service and work on C-5's. God Bless.👍🏽
Flew on a C5 once from Dover to Ramstein . it was Space A travel and it was cool to sit upstairs. no movie or wi fi in the 80s ,just a bag lunch and bug juice. lol
Loved my time in the C-5 community, however brief. The USAF mobility aircrew truly are a class and community of their own, I highly recommend joining it if given the opportunity.
I visited the Air Mobility Command Museum's C-5 Galaxy during one of its open cockpit days two years ago. It literally dominates every other plane on display at the museum. If I remember correctly, the guide that day said that, during one mission, he and his crew had seven Hueys on board fully fueled and ready to go.
I worked on C5's as well as many other aircraft. Those seats in the rear are very comfortable. I loved flying on C5's. One time after leaving Travis AFB I got to sit in the left seat and actually fly a C5 West over the Pacific into the sunset for a half hour or so! That was almost 50 years ago...brings back alot of memories!
Nice animation good work. The C-5 kneels at both ends and allows the loadmaster to tweak clearances for difficult loads I believe. I think one went from Christchurch to McMurdo Station in Antarctica in 1990. They had an open day we were guided through C-5 and the normal c-16 Globemasters that are station here. My father was really excited to see the C-5 and C-17s.
I had the honor to work on this aircraft from 1981 to 1994 I was a electoral environmental system specialist on this plane it was a big beautiful aircraft
I was a load planner at Ft. Campbell, KY in the 160th SOAR. We were always loading out and deploying that it seemed I did more weighing of every imaginable piece of equipment in our TO&E. From Blackhawks to Herman Nelson and from Connex’s to tire cages. I love the C5’s!!!!
I was able to sit in the jump seat in the cockpit of a C-17 from one location to another. In one location the pilots placed Kevlar panels underneath them and to the sides of them to protect them from potential small arms fire shortly after takeoff. After gaining altitude they removed them. Was an amazing 5 hour experience, especially seeing a takeoff from pilots view.
@@philhand5830 Oops. Still doesn’t take away the fact that it was an amazing experience, even better that I was a civilian and not even military. With that being said the crew member who asked the pilot on my behalf to ride in the flight deck said I had to couldn’t bring my government issued M4-A1 with me haha. No problem.
In my Army career I’ve flown on a few missions in a C-5. Very nice aircraft. One time, on a trip between Frankfurt and Dover, we were about half way across the Atlantic. It was the middle of the night and the troopers around me were sleeping. I couldn’t sleep and was reading a book when the plane fell. Yes. Fell. Dropped just like an elevator. It seemed it did for several seconds but I’m sure it was only a couple. Scared the crap out of me. The crew was nonplussed. Apparently we hit a downdraft or something. Man, I thought I was going to die. No one around me woke up.
I've flown on a C-5 a few times during my AF career, a Guam to Hawaii and Travis CA as a (Mission Essential Ground Personnel) MEGP. Then the next time was Dover DE to Mildenhall UK as a Space A passenger.
Great video. Part of the Super Galaxy upgrade was replacing the TF39 engines with the commercial CF6 engine that was used on the 747, 767, and a few others. It gave the aircraft more thrust and improved efficiency and range etc.
For deeper info the CF6 has a handful of variants, the one the C-5M has is the same as the 747-400, 767-300ER, 767-400, and the MD-11. In other words the C5M uses a later and significantly more powerful version of the CF-6. The increased thrust is actually more than if they’d installed a 5th TF39 on the C-5 which is freaking impressive.
Even crewmembers who have thousands of flight hours on the Galaxy will stop what they are doing and watch when one taxies by. It is just so strange when something the size of a large building goes rumbling by.
My dad SMSgt Wayne Howe, worked at Westover AFB in Massachusetts. He maintained the Fleet of C-5 Galaxies. I've been up on the t tail, in the cockpit, and Ive been in the plane when they test the engines. Crazy. There is a treeline at Westover behind the hangers, when they would start up the plane, those trees would bend.
Same war. From Al Dhafra UAE, to Torrejon outside of Madrid , then to Westover ANGB in MA, then to Robbins in Georgia, and finally home up to Shaw AFB in SC. Was in the UAE for 8.5 months, starting about 6-7 day after Saddam's invasion.
One very important thing, a tank is NEVER loaded onto any aircraft with the gun pointing forward. The gun is pointed over the back deck, and the travel lock is holding the main gun in place.
My dad was on a C5 galaxy returning back from Vietnam. He was seated in the cargo bay with caskets covered in US Flags of American soldiers who died in combat. Quite a somber moment. I saw one close up at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts in 2000.When the rear ramp goes down its like a small wind storm🌪🌪🌪
I worked at the Bendix Corp in So.Bend. IN as a Machine Repairman. They made the inner and outer rear landing gear components. The lathes that were use to machine them were so large, the operator rode in a chair on the carriage. The was on the C-5A version. One flew into the So.Bend airport to pickup a load of Humvees. It's lakeoff was a sight to see. It just floated up and away. It was LOUD too.
Flew one from Mombasa Kenya to Area 51 in Nevada,I was the pilot n An Alien friend of mine was an engineer.cooler than the C 17 Globemaster n C 130 Hercules I used to
Had the pleasure of writing and creating the first-ever C-5 egress video for Military Ailift Command (MAC) back in the 80s After the horrible incident at Travis AFB MAC decided to creat emergency egress videos for MAC aircraft to be shared around the world. Had combat camera crew come in from Nellis AFB and spent about two weeks making the video, It was a great experience and if anyone has a copy of the video can you please reach out to me???
I had the opportunity to ride home on a C-5 We had 3 tractor trailers and 2 tractors in the cargo hold. We were returning to Tonopah, NV after Desert Storm. We had a contingent of our own security forces and some O&M people. We were lugging home some of the SFM for our aircraft.
I've ridden in both the C5 troop compartment and in commercial aircraft in economy class. IIRC the C5 was more comfortable and the food better. I thought the cabin was quieter also.. but I could not prove that.
I have several thousand hours on the C-5 (not a lot in the airlifter world), and I never thought the cabin was quieter than that of a commercial airliner. In fact, we had to hand out earplugs to any and all passengers. But the food was pretty decent at times. It just depended on how good or bad the flight kitchen was at the airbase from which we were flying. IIRC, Dover AFB had a pretty decent pasta salad for a while.
You are not landing a C-5 on grass but once. The engines are CF6s. You do realize there are several ways to load cargo on the plane without kneeling it right? Plus, you can just do a forward or aft kneel. You don't have to do a full kneel.
I was at an airshow recently and a few crew from one of the 2 c-5s. That was at the show where standing in the tail hatch and watching the air displays. They has the best "seat" at the show.
I heard mission, distance, cargo capacity, of 1 C-5 Galaxy is equivalent to 2 C-17 Globemaster III and 2 fuelers needed for mission/distance. That's amazing.
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Had the orders to ride in one to Incirlik, Turkey. I thought it was never going to get lift off the run way, lol and no windows too! I felt like I was in a flying coffin, so I went straight to sleep.
I saw a C-5A at an airshow in my city back in 2018. It was mind-boggling to see, because I couln't help but wonder how something so massive and heavy could ever get off the ground, much less stay aloft.
You forgot to mention its most violently American cargo deployment capability. The ability to deploy a fully functional burger king in a theater of operations within 24 hours.
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I have been a maintainer for the C-5A, B, C, and M models for 26 years. The C-5 Galaxy makes it possible to provide logistical support for vast amount of humanitarian crisises, infrastructure, and military. I have had the privilege to see the world to repair broke C-5's and years later, I have never been prouder of been part of C-5 history.
That’s so cool you get to do that, these truly are a strategic asset and the C-5 is such an impressive piece of engineering. Are the toilets vacuum flush like on commercial aircraft or the more basic design that one has to manually empty each toilet?
it makes us the greatest logistical power in the world. Thank you for your service in keeping them running.
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I worked C-5s at Rhein-Main AB, 1991-1994, and more recently worked on the C-5M mod at Lockheed Martin in Marietta,GA.
I worked in Kuwait 2007 I saw several c- 5 s I am thankful for all our military and properly proud .
The Air Force used to give kids tours of these at the Dayton Air Show when I was young. I got to sit in the pilot seat, it was like being in a 3 or 4 story building. They gave us kids unit patches and stickers, and the crew was always happy to show the bird off to us kids and our parents.
I took a tour of the C-5 at Travis AFB and got to look out the forward hatch above the cockpit and see the vast wingspan of this plane. Very awe inspiring! They had this plane next to the B-52 and it made that plane look small!
We loaded 3 Black Hawks and a HEMTT on one to take to Jamaica in the early 90's. I remember asking the crew where we were going to sit - and they took me "upstairs" to see the troop seating area that I had no idea existed. My mind was blown.
I'd ♥️to see this plane in person.
Same here! 👍 And, thank you for your service! Salute to you! 🙌
So do tell; Any why they made the troop seating face the tail and not the front?
I find that very curious...😅
Thanx in advance...
@@LefaMorobe Short answer - it's safer. In the event of a crash passengers facing the rear have a better chance of surviving the deceleration. So you might ask, why don't commercial airlines face their seats backwards? They don't do it because paying customers prefer to sit facing forward (it's what they are used to) and facing forward also helps with motion sickness. Since the US military doesn't really _care_ what non-paying passengers flying in their C-5s prefer, or if they get airsick, they opt to go with the safer option.
Same here when I was stationed at in Alaska. We flew to Cali for a mission. The C-5 barely made it off our runway. I was blown away by how huge the plane was in person. I felt like our black hawks were like tic tacs to that plane.
This plane is over 50 years old. There were some incredible engineers back in the day.
SOME GREAT LOCKHEED ENGINEERS
no engineers are better today, they just dont have the same possibilitys
No it’s 60 years old actually.
I was a loadmaster on the C-5 for years. I'm still in awe. What an amazing aircraft!
I’m a -130 Load, & always been in awe of your bird. I can only imagine the stuff you guys carry!
@TangoSierra888 I'm envious of both of you.
I had the chance to leave the army and be a load on C141's in late '89 with Charlston ANG.
I passed on the opportunity cause I was sure I was going to make E-7 the following year. Which I did.
Always regretted passing on it.
My first C141 ride was in '76 on my way to Germany, for my first assignment.
I was in awe and thought that load master was the coolest dude in the world.
I flew and jumped out of 130's and 141's for years.
@@MBBHMM Hey, we all gotta do what we gotta do for our career progression, & so don’t look at it with regret. Sometimes that means passing up certain opportunities for greater opportunities. But I will say this - I joined in 2003, but didn’t cross into the aircrew world until 2012. This is by far, the best job I’ve ever had. Makes me a little sad that I’m coming up on the final leg of this journey, but it’s been an incredible ride.
@TangoSierra888 You're right, of course.
Like most people, that's on my coulda, shoulda, woulda list.
Thanks for your service, brother .
And enjoy the rest of your time. 👍🏾💯🇺🇸
On the first of my two Space-A flights on a C-5 an engine failed 3 hours out of Rhein-Main. The plane jerked violently to the right when it happened. The pilots quickly righted the aircraft, and we flew for another 15 minutes or so before diverting to an airbase in England. It was afternoon when we exited the plane and had to go through customs and then left on our own. We were told to return the next day by some morning hour that I don't remember. I had my two pre-teen stepsons with me on the flight and we spent the night in a B&B near the airport. This was a time before cell phones, so not so easy to do. We returned the next day and boarded the same plane and flew on to Dover, DE without further issues. Unlike a normal airliner, the C-5 is not noise insulated. You have to wear hearing protection when flying in one.
How this MONSTER gets off the ground is absolutely amazing. LOUD!!!
Having seen one of these beasts up close, the pictures and graphics don’t do it justice. It is a colossus of the sky.
I got to go inside one once when I was in the Marine Corps. Those things are huge, a video does not do the size justice.
I did too while in the Army. Amazing aircraft.
I grew up a few miles from a reserve air force base. We saw (and heard) them constantly. It was normal to just stop your conversations mid sentence when they were flying overhead. The older engines SCREAMED. The newer ones are significantly quieter.
Some minor corrections
1. C5-As were buikt in the 1960s and, except for the two C-5C SCM aircraft, have all been retired. C-5Bs were buikt in the 1980s and, along with the SCM aircraft, were upgraded to C-5Ms.
2. Across from the bunk rooms are two avionics compartments.
3. Theres a couple of reasons for the empty space in the hayloft. Main one is, it's behind the pressure bulkhead, which lines up with the cargo hold's pressure door/loading ramp. Also, tge control cables for the empensge run through it.
4. The empty space behind the oressure bulkhead is bigger than the cargo space on a C-130.
5. The, so-called, drive through loading doesn't exactly work as depicted. The aircraft can be aft kneeled to load/unload vehicles from the back and forward kneeled for the same purpose. IOW, you can load a truck or tank through the back door, and drive it out through the front. 6. The aft cargo ramp is in two sections. The drive-up ramp serves as the pressure door. The aircraft can be level knelt, which brings it up to truck bed height, lije a C-130 or C-141, in whic case the pressure door is stowed up along the ceiling. This is also done for airdrops. Using K loaders, pallets can be loaded without kneeling the aircraft.
7. Usually, both forwar and aft ramps are not lowered at the same time as they would require shoring under the support pads. I've only seen it done st sir shows for static displays.
8. Each main landing gear bogie can be raised or lowered independently. This can allow tire changes when no jacks are available (done it) or keep the a bogie away from the ground if it fails to rotate when extended (seen it a couple of times).
You need to proof read before publishing. That's spelled BUILT not BUIKT.
@@RoyDees-t2k BFD
Best to proof read before posting, but got the gist of your informative details. Thanks for this extra info and Thanks for your service and work on C-5's. God Bless.👍🏽
Great details and info
@@RoyDees-t2k Thanks prof for enlightening readers that the poster didn’t mean “BUIKT”. I was confused for a second.
It's a big part of our global reach, we can bring the military anywhere in the world, quickly, efficiently 🇺🇸
Flew on a C5 once from Dover to Ramstein . it was Space A travel and it was cool to sit upstairs. no movie or wi fi in the 80s ,just a bag lunch and bug juice. lol
Rode upstairs from Diego Garcia to the Philippines - no food at all. Few passengers, so I could sleep across three seats.
@@jamesdaughton8017 They fed us, but is was not enjoyable.
I remember the bologna sandwich and chips is a whits box.
Loved my time in the C-5 community, however brief. The USAF mobility aircrew truly are a class and community of their own, I highly recommend joining it if given the opportunity.
I was in the aerial port at Travis AFB and worked on these for 10 years! Along with the KC-10, C-17 and the KC-135!
I visited the Air Mobility Command Museum's C-5 Galaxy during one of its open cockpit days two years ago. It literally dominates every other plane on display at the museum. If I remember correctly, the guide that day said that, during one mission, he and his crew had seven Hueys on board fully fueled and ready to go.
I worked on C5's as well as many other aircraft. Those seats in the rear are very comfortable. I loved flying on C5's. One time after leaving Travis AFB I got to sit in the left seat and actually fly a C5 West over the Pacific into the sunset for a half hour or so! That was almost 50 years ago...brings back alot of memories!
Nice animation good work. The C-5 kneels at both ends and allows the loadmaster to tweak clearances for difficult loads I believe. I think one went from Christchurch to McMurdo Station in Antarctica in 1990. They had an open day we were guided through C-5 and the normal c-16 Globemasters that are station here. My father was really excited to see the C-5 and C-17s.
Awesome video. Crazy how something so big and heavy stays in the air.
I've flown across both oceans in a C-5. A bit slow, but comfortable enough.
I had the honor to work on this aircraft from 1981 to 1994 I was a electoral environmental system specialist on this plane it was a big beautiful aircraft
I was a load planner at Ft. Campbell, KY in the 160th SOAR. We were always loading out and deploying that it seemed I did more weighing of every imaginable piece of equipment in our TO&E. From Blackhawks to Herman Nelson and from Connex’s to tire cages. I love the C5’s!!!!
I toured the inside of a C-5 many years ago- very impressive!
Always been impressed with these behemoths.
With their layout and cargo capabilities, they seem less like planes and more like flying ships.
I’ve flown on them “ space A” twice, one hell of a ride!
Ha why a hell of a ride?
@@iconicboxing91 AF pilots are not as conservative in maneuvering as commercial pilots. Plenty of comfortable space to spread out. Casual atmosphere.
I've only seen a C17 Globemaster III in person and am not emotionally prepared to see this thing lol.
I've been inside of a C-5 and the sheer scale is difficult to comprehend.
I walked through the C5A and the C17s fly over my house almost daily. I fell down the C17 ramp in the rain at Andrews Air Force Base.
I was able to sit in the jump seat in the cockpit of a C-17 from one location to another. In one location the pilots placed Kevlar panels underneath them and to the sides of them to protect them from potential small arms fire shortly after takeoff. After gaining altitude they removed them. Was an amazing 5 hour experience, especially seeing a takeoff from pilots view.
@@Peezy71421it's not a cockpit... in large multi piloted aircraft, it's called flight deck...
"Cockpit" only applies to fighter aircraft.
@@philhand5830 Oops. Still doesn’t take away the fact that it was an amazing experience, even better that I was a civilian and not even military. With that being said the crew member who asked the pilot on my behalf to ride in the flight deck said I had to couldn’t bring my government issued M4-A1 with me haha. No problem.
amazing aircraft. I was USAF 1968-71, and saw a lot of aircraft, but never a C-5 or B-52. thanks for sharing
In my Army career I’ve flown on a few missions in a C-5. Very nice aircraft. One time, on a trip between Frankfurt and Dover, we were about half way across the Atlantic. It was the middle of the night and the troopers around me were sleeping. I couldn’t sleep and was reading a book when the plane fell. Yes. Fell. Dropped just like an elevator. It seemed it did for several seconds but I’m sure it was only a couple. Scared the crap out of me. The crew was nonplussed. Apparently we hit a downdraft or something. Man, I thought I was going to die. No one around me woke up.
I would love nothing more than to fly one and or work on one. I marvel at the engineering.
Science+technology"⭐=
WorldClass!!!!!💥💥🏆🏆
I've flown on a C-5 a few times during my AF career, a Guam to Hawaii and Travis CA as a (Mission Essential Ground Personnel) MEGP. Then the next time was Dover DE to Mildenhall UK as a Space A passenger.
Great video. Part of the Super Galaxy upgrade was replacing the TF39 engines with the commercial CF6 engine that was used on the 747, 767, and a few others. It gave the aircraft more thrust and improved efficiency and range etc.
For deeper info the CF6 has a handful of variants, the one the C-5M has is the same as the 747-400, 767-300ER, 767-400, and the MD-11. In other words the C5M uses a later and significantly more powerful version of the CF-6. The increased thrust is actually more than if they’d installed a 5th TF39 on the C-5 which is freaking impressive.
Nice thanks for the additional info did not know that.
impressive aircraft of American Forces...power, technology and dominance...🤝👏
I'm retired USAF and i always got a kick seeing them take off and land. Awesome .
Even crewmembers who have thousands of flight hours on the Galaxy will stop what they are doing and watch when one taxies by. It is just so strange when something the size of a large building goes rumbling by.
My dad SMSgt Wayne Howe, worked at Westover AFB in Massachusetts. He maintained the Fleet of C-5 Galaxies. I've been up on the t tail, in the cockpit, and Ive been in the plane when they test the engines. Crazy. There is a treeline at Westover behind the hangers, when they would start up the plane, those trees would bend.
I love this aircraft. I was fortunate enough to go on board during an air show.
Got to fly space A on a C-5 on leave from Germany & back again, shortly after desert storm. It is an amazing plane.
Same war. From Al Dhafra UAE, to Torrejon outside of Madrid , then to Westover ANGB in MA, then to Robbins in Georgia, and finally home up to Shaw AFB in SC. Was in the UAE for 8.5 months, starting about 6-7 day after Saddam's invasion.
Lol yep same war one hell of a ride back to Germany!
great USA engineering and construction unmatched by all others. never underestimate America.
One very important thing, a tank is NEVER loaded onto any aircraft with the gun pointing forward. The gun is pointed over the back deck, and the travel lock is holding the main gun in place.
Got to fly on one. Smoothest ride ever
My dad was on a C5 galaxy returning back from Vietnam. He was seated in the cargo bay with caskets covered in US Flags of American soldiers who died in combat. Quite a somber moment. I saw one close up at Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts in 2000.When the rear ramp goes down its like a small wind storm🌪🌪🌪
When I was In military our crew got a walkaround and cockpit familiarization of this monster. It really is something to see and walk around in.
Your videos are amazing 😍 love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
When we deployed to support Desert Shield, we flew a C5 from McChord to Zaragoza. The plane ended up breaking down so we had to work on it.
I worked at the Bendix Corp in So.Bend. IN as a Machine Repairman. They made the inner and outer rear landing gear components. The lathes that were use to machine them were so large, the operator rode in a chair on the carriage. The was on the C-5A version. One flew into the So.Bend airport to pickup a load of Humvees. It's lakeoff was a sight to see. It just floated up and away. It was LOUD too.
Smoothest Airplane ride i have experienced from Frankfurt FRG to St Louis in 1990
power of a superpower ❤
Those tires rotating before they stow themselves electronically is a sight to see - even in animation.
Flew one from Mombasa Kenya to Area 51 in Nevada,I was the pilot n An Alien friend of mine was an engineer.cooler than the C 17 Globemaster n C 130 Hercules I used to
Before an air show at Nellis back in the 80"s we played indoor soccer game inside a C-5. Good Times.
Had the pleasure of writing and creating the first-ever C-5 egress video for Military Ailift Command (MAC) back in the 80s
After the horrible incident at Travis AFB MAC decided to creat emergency egress videos for MAC aircraft to be shared around the world.
Had combat camera crew come in from Nellis AFB and spent about two weeks making the video,
It was a great experience and if anyone has a copy of the video can you please reach out to me???
I flew on one from Guam to Travis AFB in 75. I use to love to watch them take off, They were going so slow, so it seemed, and just started rising.
I had the opportunity to ride home on a C-5 We had 3 tractor trailers and 2 tractors in the cargo hold. We were returning to Tonopah, NV after Desert Storm. We had a contingent of our own security forces and some O&M people. We were lugging home some of the SFM for our aircraft.
I have been a pilot for this magnificent engineering machine....
Don't ask me a lot of questions, it was on GTA
I recall seeing one at the Cleveland Ohio Air Show. I was amazed that it could land and take off from a small regional airport.
Used to play frisbee inside them when empty. That nose hatch nearly always took extra hours to close properly. That was an issue.
I've ridden in both the C5 troop compartment and in commercial aircraft in economy class. IIRC the C5 was more comfortable and the food better. I thought the cabin was quieter also.. but I could not prove that.
No you are not correct. The seats in the Troop Compartment suck.
I have several thousand hours on the C-5 (not a lot in the airlifter world), and I never thought the cabin was quieter than that of a commercial airliner. In fact, we had to hand out earplugs to any and all passengers. But the food was pretty decent at times. It just depended on how good or bad the flight kitchen was at the airbase from which we were flying. IIRC, Dover AFB had a pretty decent pasta salad for a while.
You are not landing a C-5 on grass but once. The engines are CF6s. You do realize there are several ways to load cargo on the plane without kneeling it right? Plus, you can just do a forward or aft kneel. You don't have to do a full kneel.
God bless America
Super video 👍👌
Awesome..we need this in Nigeria Air Force
My dream is to drive a super-large transport aircraft👍💪
Impressive ❤
They need to mass produce this. its incredible
One word to describing it, WOW !!!
I was at an airshow recently and a few crew from one of the 2 c-5s. That was at the show where standing in the tail hatch and watching the air displays. They has the best "seat" at the show.
A masterpiece
The Wright Brothers would be awestruck.
I use to refuel them in Alaska, we called it Baby Huey. I hated climbing those rickety stairs up to the cockpit.
It's amazing something like that can get off the ground!
The principles of flight are constant regardless of aircraft size and weight...
My dad was a crew chief for KC-135s that refueled these bad boys. I always thought they looked like they shouldn’t be able to fly 😮
The explosion of tech in the 50s/60s was so crazy
This is one of excellent creation whose credit goes to Lockheeds Martins, who made air heavy logistics easy to transport at longer distances..!!
I was a crew chief on the c-5 beautiful bird.
Rode on one back from Germany. It's pretty cool sitting backward!
I heard mission, distance, cargo capacity, of 1 C-5 Galaxy is equivalent to 2 C-17 Globemaster III and 2 fuelers needed for mission/distance. That's amazing.
FLYtastic❤ FUNtastic
Great minds
I've been in one. Back in the early 70's.
Worked avionics instrument on A models in early 70s. Started with endurance tests. Unique aircraft.
Amazing.
unbelievable but true 👍
Does anyone recognize that so many of the best aircraft were built in the 60’s and 70’s ?? Amazing
Ich als ahnungslose sage nur eins. ,,,,Sehr schöne Flugzeug !!!
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Had the orders to ride in one to Incirlik, Turkey. I thought it was never going to get lift off the run way, lol and no windows too! I felt like I was in a flying coffin, so I went straight to sleep.
Imagine flying this plane close to the ground before any technology. i'd love to see the reaction of those civilizations.
2:52 The C-5 Galaxy plane wants to eat😃
“It’s been in service for up to 50 years…” aaaand it’s time to click out.
my uncle was in a C5 in Vietnam which was over 50 years ago lol
Bad Bird, Go Bless our Troops!!!!!
A few of these with the Rapid dragon missile program will be a game changer.
Muy buen video.
nice plane ! Lockheed is amazing
Awesome
I saw a C-5A at an airshow in my city back in 2018. It was mind-boggling to see, because I couln't help but wonder how something so massive and heavy could ever get off the ground, much less stay aloft.
You forgot to mention its most violently American cargo deployment capability. The ability to deploy a fully functional burger king in a theater of operations within 24 hours.
I remember dropping off 6 school buses to the front lines.
Now thats engineering!!
You could play basketball inside that thing!