C-5M Super Galaxy and U-2S Dragon Lady depart RAF Fairford, England [4K]
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C-5 Super Galaxy RCH436 (85-0001) and U-2 Dragon Lady DRAGON21 (68-0329) depart RAF Fairford.
The C-5 was dropping of kit for the B-52 deployment, and and U-2 was heading home to the US.
Interestingly U-2 68-0329 is the first Dragon Lady to fly more than 30,000 flight hours since production began in 1967 (source: www.osan.af.mil/News/Photos/i...)
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That short take-off distance the Galaxy needs, is absolutely amazing.
Agree, those wings must generate unbelievable lift. The C5 looks ungainly, but it just steps up into the air and goes on it's way.
Oh yeah…. 26 seconds till in the air…. UNLIVABLE!!!!
Yeah, twenty seconds from clear for take-off to taking off. Amazing!
@The Free Republic Yes, you are probably correct, but even so it is still impressive for such a monster, I think, although I am not an expert on knowledge of military aircrafts.
I agree. Weird 🤔
I see C5s every day. Their engine note is SO unique and satisfying! I love that aircraft!
U2 took 143 days on the drawboard and 8 months to flying
64 years ago..
Bloody marvellous
Kelly Johnson was a genius.
Great video of two really special US aircraft still being used today. Both do their specialized jobs so well they’ve stood the test of time.
Thanks Fish Squish. So lucky to make this capture, just 5 minutes apart :)
I live in Missouri..we see the Stealth Bomber all the time and A 10's
Whiteman?
@@Hattonbank Yes..I live 25 miles away
B2? I love the b2 first nfl game we went to they had a b2 flyover and damn was it cool.
I remember the day when the 1st C-5A arrived at Dover AFB, Delaware. That was in 1970!!!!!
It was impressive then, and it is still impressive now.
Could hear that U2 over Suffolk about 3pm ish, when you look up to a clear blue sky and you hear that awesome sound, you know its something special. You can never see them but you know by the sound they are nearing the coast and opening the throttle up and gaining altitude.
Wow! The U2 angle of attack at liftoff is amazing! Brilliant!
I know it's all to do with clever science, but I still can't believe that a beast that size gets off the ground. Amazing!
49 now and no matter when I fly I always turn into that excitable kid as like you I understand the physics behind it but it still and always will blow my mind
what boggles my mind is just how FAST the C5 clears the runway.... I mean, he's probably light, but still. Something way less than 2000 feet to liftoff for something THAT YUGE...
I live next to an air base in NY. We havn't seen any C5s in a while. Just C17s and Hercules. But it was nuts seeing the C5s flying over the house making a banked turn and looking right over the wings. You gotta wonder what keeps them up there.
Weighing around 180-190 tons on take off when empty. Boggles my brain too. Saying that each of those motors is kicking out about 25 tons of thrust... 😳
@@UKAviationMovies 25 tons of thrust? Dear lord! Our little Citroen diesel might get close!
This U2 lives at Beale AFB near my house, glad to see her coming home
That's cool! It's been great to see them in the UK for so long 😎
Look at the size of those gear doors closing. The C5 is a work of art. Love how the Dragon Lady's wing wheels drop off, never seen that before. She could use a paint job though.
Yehp! Just tiny flicks on the spoilers . Very skillfully dropped. Those poor ground crews don’t have to run for a mile to retrieve gears! 😄
Agreed. The C-5 is an awesome aircraft. Been enjoying your comments on the channel. Thanks for bringing some much needed calming words! :D
Awesome video of the giant C-5M and U-2 Dragon Lady! Thumbs up! 👌😍👍
Thanks a lot bud! 😎
Cool, I'd never seen either of these versions. I flew on the first C-5A passenger flight out of Pope AFB, NC to Marietta GA and back in the late 60s. Nice bird.
I remember walking through the front an exiitng the back with a football field in between. Incredible.
I remember being allowed to go up to the upper level. Something like 94 passenger seats there.
I am by no means an aviation geek but i just stumbled across this and now I know exactly what it is that has been waking our house up most mornings for the last year or so! 😂 I’m in Swindon and I can’t tell you how loud the rumble is even from almost 10 miles away! I remember the first morning I heard it, must’ve been around October time, it was a frosty morning and I ran out into the garden as I honestly thought there had been an explosion. Fab footage 👌
Thanks Sophie. Wow I can’t believe you can hear them so far away! There are B-52s there at the moment which are not the quietest of jets! 😬😬😬 thanks for dropping by 👍
Been in a C5. You could play football in there. It is enormous.
What a magnificent sight to see both of those stunning planes take to the air . And the very steep incline in take off of the U2 Dragon Lady is especially magnificent to watch.
The high bypass turbofan engine used on all commercial airliners were first developed for the C-5.
I worked on the U 2 for 6 years and flew on the c 5 for 13 years
Nice! Some great memories I’m sure 👍
Many moons ago, worked at an airfield that had a 9000' long runway. The rate of climb of the U-2 was phenomenal, distance wise from start of take off to the end of the runway - it was at 5000' altitude. A long lonely sortie for the Pilot, with a very small 'coffin corner' Stall v Vne.
U2 experience for me is they fly out of Beale AFB in call I was in area and watched the cork screw down for landing tight. Also was in Roseville Ca and one cam in low went right over top of us at golf course I’m thinking 2000 ft maybe less it seemed very low
The coolest jobs in the world are still work, when you get down to it.
I was Field Engineering Technician building a C5 airbase....You would NOT believe the concrete that went into building that place!!! The runway was over 12,500' and just the parking area was 28" of concrete! The runway was over 36" to 48 " thick! That is one heavy ass flying machine!!
@@josephcernansky1794I’ve been to Travis AFB in Northern California that base is a Maintnance hub for C5 it’s amazing. The actual specs you mentioned is incredible I had no idea the actual thickness of airstrip
PS : that equates to a brand new 70 miles of Interstate highway!!! 2-lanes both ways. Completed in one construction season. Highways are NEVER built that fast!
Congratulations on the videography, stunning quality
Thanks a lot bud. Kind of you to say so 😎👍
Fantastic footage Thanks .I have worked in Kempsford village on and off over the last few years and was a pleasure to hear and see the U-2 about
Glad you enjoyed it Dave! Cheers 👍
When I was in the Marines stationed on Futema air station Okinawa, we loaded up 6-8 +/- old J model Cobras into a C-5 headding to the bone yard. I watched the C-5 take off, it was amazing, it looked like it was going so slow, but she grabbed some altitude and was gone.
Rate of climb on both aircraft! WOW!
Cracking video 📹 👌 as always mate 👍!! ....love how that C5 does that short take off....then up she continues climbing!! ... then U2, fab take off as well!!! So glad there are guys like you that can keep showing us these videos 📹!!! Many thanks 😊 cheers 🍺 ✈ Paul
Thanks a lot Paul, always nice to get kind comments. Appreciated bud 👍
I saw this plane climbing a few weeks ago. I was walking my dog in Cricklade Woods, which is only perhaps 7 miles from Fairford. The ascent was impressive but certainly not stealthy. Such a distinctive outline.
Superb footage, especially of the U2. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words Ian 👍
2 B52s left Fairford last night around 23.30 (13/2/22) Chief 11 and 12 headed down the French and Portugal coasts. They then turned and went past Gibralter. Last saw one of the B52s around Cyprus area first thing this morning.
I did a similar route looong ago 😆
final dest Ukraine!
@@johnskelton1117 61-0039 actually dropped down to Aqaba after Cyprus. Its just reappeared not far from Cyprus again (if that is its true location)
@@johnskelton1117 Probably gone to get a bottle of vodka....
Been on a few C-5's and its just breathtaking when you are driving up to the air base and you see the C-5 before any of the hangars.
I’ve been up close to the mighty B52 in Darwin Australia and it look massive to me especially the wingspan . I can imagine what it must be to get close to a C5 . That would be my dream .
Don't see a take off procedure of an U2,... amazing. 😮 Fantastic old lady.😍
Definitely! 😎
It’s still so awesome to me to think, the US, the revolting child of Britain has fought alongside her for hundreds of years now.. and for more. Let the red white and blue live on forever
68-0329 was/is one of my favorites to have worked on. Always love seeing her still working the game. Rest in peace/pieces 80-1099...
Man it's awesome to have people commenting who have a personal connection with the jet in the video. Thanks for dropping by 😎🤙
While working not far from Brize Norten shortly after the Falkland war a number of unusual aircraft landed there. Concorde did several bump and go's. a US Awac with the bulge on top and a black US stealth bomber. It was quite an air show.
Good moaning Vietnam do I detect Officer Crabtree hiding there?
Nice video. It’s amazing how something so heavy can get off the ground in such a short amount of time.
I learned to fly at a little grass runway that was located right on the outer edge of the Brunswick Naval Air Station's designated air space - coming back to the airport one day in a little cessna at about 5000 feet and looked out the window at a C-5 Galaxy flying about 4000 feet below me on short final to the air-base - first and last time I ever got to see one from above
Wow, I bet that was a sight! 😳😳😳 Caution, wake turbulence! :D
That single engine created a bigger ruckus than the four mighty CFM’s of the C 5 m Galaxy .
Turbofan engine are a different breed then what is inside that U-2. Different flight characteristics, different missions.
That’s because they re-engined the C5 so it could meet European standards and the new engines got rid of the classic C5 whine from the A and B models.
@@SFsc616171 its powered by bono's pompous farts YEAH YEAH YEAAH!
Well it’s a High Bypass Turbofan vs a Low Bypass Turbofan.
Low Bypass Turbofans are MUCH louder because more of the hot core exhaust gases are exiting at supersonic speeds. High Bypass Turbofans have all that cool bypass air that goes around the core that mixes in with the core stream which absorbs all the loud crackle and thunder.
Very little Bypass air on a Low Bypass Turbofan to do anything with noise reduction, although that is what did increase efficiency over a Turbojet. Even hush kits for Low Bypass Turbofans and Low Bypass Turbofans aren’t that effective either. They are just loud engines.
Low Bypass Turbofans as well as Turbojets even without afterburners like the GE F118 Turbofan in the U-2 (which is a GE F110 Turbofan out of an F-16 just without afterburner) are still loud, but afterburners add a significant amount of more louder crackle and rumble because the exhaust is now much much hotter.
@@DrGreenThumbNZL that`s sure A LOT of hot air!!
Awesome 👌 👏 Brilliant, love it 😀 That has got to be the most exciting job ever 😀
Watched many TR-1’s rake off from RAF Alconbury back in the day. Amazing sound
Wow. Thanks for posting. I went aboard a Galaxy in 2001. They are huge. You could play a game of soccer inside.
You're welcome JJ ;)
I can't believe how good the video and audio quality is, it's the next best thing to being there!
Thanks dude!
Had the C5 come into base in 73 a couple times....WOW!
Years ago, U-2's used to loiter around Tucson all day long, out of Davis-Monthan AFB. Sure miss seeing them!
Awesome and that good little frontier get to be use around the great big machine
Just love seeing this footage from Fairford. Memories of walking the Thames Trail recalled and seeing the USAF and RAF supply flights heading out. Such beautiful footage here, and the U2 take off is always weird, the technicians running out to withdraw the lock pins in the jockey wheels always seems odd today. The engineering that goes into the behemoths of the air is wondrous.
Thanks for dropping in John 👍
From a plane with twenty tires on 5 sets of simultaneously retracting gear to a rocket on two big and two little tires!
Looked like a lot more than 20 tires to me
It's crazy the U-2S Dragon Lady is still in service some 66 years after its first flight.
U2s launching from Britain is a step up. Pretty impressive getting that video. I had a jolly in a KC135 and launched in the cockpit. I was taking some pics and the pilot asked me not to take shots of the 4 U2s that were there; PSAB Saudi. No idea why it was an issue, as they were at Akrotiri too and launching daily.
That was for Op SoWa I’m guessing? No photos for OPSEC reasons. You know that.
I think this is the first video I’ve seen of a U2 taking off. Smaller than I thought it would be nose to tail. Pretty cool “civilian” aircraft...
@@afcgeo882 I did so many ops I've lost track. A UK op so a different name than US ones. May have been Bolton. I did Granby in Riyadh, and another one in Kuwait.
@@brianhendrie9466 Op Southern Watch was a JTF operation. UK used the same name.
For such a huge plane the C-5A Galaxy has a rather short takeoff roll
Empty....
@@concorde1793 even if empty it is still impressive
Not when they loaded they don't. Some years ago
I was at Ramstein and 2 departed after the Sunday AM curfew. Very heavy and the groundroll was very long, but spectacular. Very distinctive sound on airways, as are A400s
It was on a special relief mission, carrying a full load of Nerf Balls to the White House for Biden's White House staff.
Wow, great combination of planes taking off.
what an amazing aircraft and take off!
I worked on C-5 aircraft for 26 years to include being part of the development of C-5M. Those engines on thoe C-5M are a detunned Commerical grade GE CF6 engine that give the C-5 more thrust but more important was higher reliability over the old Pratt Whitney TF39 engines that had very distinctive iconic sound that most of us old timers remember. I can say the C-5 is very unique airacraft with incrediable history on the roles it has filled over the past 50 years and will continue for couple more decades of service.
Thanks for dropping by and for the comment. I miss the sound of the TF39, especially the spool up into reverse. Awesome that you were part of the development for the C-5M. An awesome aircraft 😎👍
"Very unique" is bad English. "Unique" is "unique". There are no degrees of being unique.
When I was in the Air Force I worked on the Camera systems on the U-2 Dragon Lady. Saw many take offs and landings. Because of the wing span a U-2 only needs a short runway to take off. I have seen them take off and go straight up. Amazing planes. Only the best pilots in the Air Force are chosen to fly the U-2.
brilliant ty. i rememeber at one of the american airshows in the uk yrs ago you could walk through a c5 galaxy, thats when you realise just how big they are
That plane is amazing. So dam big. Gets up an goes. Wow
Excellent footage - many thanks for your efforts 👍🏼
Thanks for the kind words dude! 👍
2 incredible machines 😮 the U2 takes off 10 minutes after the Galaxy but the bets are off as to which one will reach 30,000ft first 👊
Thanks for sharing 🙌
Thanks for the comment bud! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
You really have to crank up the headphones volume to get the full effect and it's just amazing!
I went to RAF Mildenhall where the C5 was on display and in those days you were able to walk inside,
Remember those days very well. Miss those Air Fetes!
Yeah.. we are bringing out the serious gear now. Loved watching the U2's at airshows back in the early 90's here at Beale AFB in California. Thing can hang out at 70k feet all day long.
Great video. Thx. :) All the best from Canada
Thanks for dropping in bud :) Greetings from England!
Absolutely beautiful, both of them!
Thanks for the comment 👍
Well filmed...and great sound...my rum glass shook slightly, the sign of great bass!
🤣🤣 thanks man 👍
Two very impressive take-offs there - wow ! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for dropping by and commenting Barry 👍
Goodness. That puts a whole new emphasis on "Rolling Thunder"..! Love to go up in a U2.
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
You're welcome bud
It is amazing how short a runway the C5 needs to get up in the air.
What a great angle. Possibly my favorite.
...and dragon lady is Bee-ah-eutifull!
Superb footage thx for sharing👏👏👏👍
Thanks for dropping in Buzza 😎👍
In 1956, I was a radar controller at a AC&W site in the states. We had an SOP that said regardless of the altitude of a U-2 flyover, it should always be reported at 50,000 ft. Of course, it flew much higher. How high? If I told you, I'd have to....etc.
Brings back a lot of memories.
Very informative channel. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome 👍
One Big Bird that C-5 Galaxy love it!
Al Asad AB, Iraq 2004. Watching them land and take off on a short runway is breathtaking.
Very nice!! Awesome stuff
Despite its size, the U2 seems so maneuverable.
It's like a hovering hawk.
Beautiful bird
Love it! So impressive!
That C-5 must have been empty to get airborne that quickly! Thanks for the cool vid… 👍
You bet Barry! 😎 Thanks for dropping in 👍
Always loved the stilts on the U2
Nice shot! Must be fun to watch in person.
Thanks bud 👍 yup, I love making these little videos, especially when it’s not raining 😃
That never gets old.
I have seen both of these types display at shows in the UK, and both have amazing take offs, the C5 as unloaded it is a big empty box and the U2 is a jet powered glider
I love how the U-2 starts falling apart just before going airborne.
You know there's a war about to happen when the spy planes are busily taking to the air
you're everywhere
@@Sticknub Did you ever think that what RUclips serves up as the 'content' isn't very big at all. 99% of the content is neatly hidden away never to be found.
@@leokimvideo that’s true 💯 %
Satellite’s got this. They fly the u2 to keep ‘em guessing
@@Sticknub plane crazy youtuber
Thanks a lot for all the likes and comments.
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Told youjust wait for US intevention :)
That is a very marvellous tariff on both U-2S Dragon Lady and the C-5M Super Galaxy 😃😊🤩
Thanks Douglas! Great to see you on here as always ;)
@@UKAviationMovies Hahah you are very much welcome dude and love your captures and videos 😎👍
What a beautiful beast!
Great stuff
Excellent . May God be with these folks.
Who kill innocents around the world Janet.
God said "you shouldn't kill" killing is evil.
God has nothing to do here.
@@phildur may not be God but the devil is!!
God is not real, neither is his imaginary enemy
Beautiful sounds
That super galaxy short take off is very impressive
Wild for such an enormous aircraft 👍
that airplane 436, had so much power that it did not need a lot of runway to take off. and it took off at such a seep angle too.
Oh wow! that was great!
AMAZING!!
JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Very impressive 👌⚘️ stunning !!!
I live in a close enough proximity to Beale AFB in NorCal to see the occasional U-2 come in on approach during training missions. I've even spotted them on clear days doing figure 8's well above 50,000 feet leaving a contrail.
Wow cool! :D
2 iconic aircraft from the greatest aerospace company in the world. Lockheed Martin.
What about Boeing
Great comment 👍😎
Great shots 👍👍👍👍
Thanks a lot bud 👍
Great content !
Thanks Jim! 👍👍👍