Did You Know... The C-5 has the ability to transport 270 passengers...six transcontinental buses...two M1-A1 Abrams main battle tanks...seven UH-1 Huey helicopters or one U.S. Army 74-ton mobile scissors bridge. The landing gear has a total of 28 wheels The interior and exterior paint on the C-5 weighs 2,600 pounds More than 100 miles of wiring are required to functionally operate all C-5 aircraft systems The cargo compartment of the C-5 is large enough to hold an eight-lane bowling alley The C-5 can carry 25,844,746 ping pong balls Each C-5 engine nacelle is 1 ½ time the length of a Cadillac, large enough to garage a Ford Mustang The C-5 contains over five miles of control cables Each C-5 engine gulps approximately 42 tons of air per minute
+xmac Yes, speed. It takes a certain velocity of air to make a sufficient differential reaction to induce flight. Ask any bird. Hummingbirds still laugh at us.
It's really not as heavy as it looks, though. If you could scale it down to the size of a car, it would be extremely light. If you scaled a car up to the size of a C5 Galaxy, it would be exceptionally heavy.
Maybe an Avro Vulcan under some conditions. They both have that high pitch whining which sounds awesome. Newer engines are so boring in terms of noise.
was working on the altus military airlift command at altus Oklahoma and talk about a beast of an aircraft it was and still love those tf-39 turbo fans engines that's the sound of freedom literally.
@@expfighter5112 Sad is you trying to be an English teacher to someone who speaks 5 languages and I wont change it to make you happy as it makes me happy the way I posted it!
@@johnholmes7622 i was NOT Grammering you on anything, hilarious! i was saying that the C5's HAD great engines and sound before they took out the tf39 engines and replaced them with boring ass everyday airline engines! has nothing to do with grammar! what's sad is that you say you speak 5 languages but don't know what you're talking about.
I still can’t get over the size of the C-5 Galaxy and how it actually takes off and flies. I actually hitched a ride on the C-5 from Ramstein Air Base in West Germany, December 1981. Landed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Made my way to San Luis Obispo, California. After spending some time in the States, returned to Germany on a different flight and airline (not a C-5). But hitching a ride on a Galaxy is an experience.
Amazing. My late husband used to be in the US Air Force. He would load and download these aircrafts. He told me that it was huge on the inside. You won't believe what we can load in their.
I got to see the inside of one at an air show. It was indeed HUGE. We got to watch take off, and though I know it had to be going at least 150mph, it was so huge it looked like it was doing about 30.
As a kid, I grew up with these monsters flying overhead. Hearing the unmistakable steady roar of the TF39s would always put a smile on my face and send me running outside to watch good ol' FRED go by. There was something almost soothing about it.
*Yeah... They could have kept a couple of birds operational with TF-39s... Would have been plenty of spare parts for it, but F-ing bureaucrats and bean counters have no sense of nostalgia. The new engines are boring... Sounds like any big civilian airliner now... Smh*
My Dad worked at Lockheed designing the C5-A. I have a scar on my chin where my brother knocked me down as we were running outside to see the plane Daddy had helped build as it passed over our house on its maiden flight.
There's only 2 C-5C models. One is 8216. I used to fly it as an instructor flight engineer and I was the regular crew chief when it first got modded from being just an A model.
I was stationed at NAS Atlanta, which sits on a corner of Dobbins AFB in Marietta, where these were built. Used to watch them coming and going every day. Never ceased being amazed,
Worked at a FD that had a station directly across the road from the Camp Grayling airstrip. When these would take off, they'd need every inch of runway, so they'd be maybe 100 yds from the bay doors. Everything in the station would shake. If they were coming in above us to land, they may have cleared the station by 50'. Deafening ( but absolutely cool) coming or going.
Most interesting plane ride of my life was in one of these. Took it from Hawaii to Guam via military hops. Not only is it insanely loud (we wore ear plugs the entire time and it still sounded like a air conditioner was next to my ear), but the few passenger seats it has are facing the back of the plane, so take off was interesting. I really needed that seat belt.
We went from RAF Mildenhall uk to Dover in 1988. It was so weird taking off because you couldnt feel the wheels leave the ground. We were in the air and still thought we hadnt lifted off. We got invited into the cockpit. Something my kids will never forget. F
Had a good tour of this at the airshow including the cockpit. Quite the machine. We asked the pilot if he could airdrop some beer on the way out and he said, sure. He was a cool guy. We waited around after the show just to see it take off but got moved along before it left. Thanks for posting this.
I used to watch these take off from JB MDL when I was doing TDY at Fort Dix. It just amazed me that they could even fly. This one was obviously empty as the ones at McGuire would just kind of lumber into the sky.
I've seen one a couple of times over the years near Dobbins AFB in Marietta, GA, just northwest of Atlanta. It's definitely a sight to behold, it actually takes your brain a moment to process how something that gargantuan, is actually floating in air, a truly majestic beast indeed...
I worked as an air traffic controller at Yokota Air Base Japan when the C-5 was first introduced. It was impressive when it taxied past the tower with a tail section that was higher off the ground than our tower's cab.
Omigosh!!! Those little 'ants' running out in front of that plane really give it some perspective!!! That plane is MASSIVE!!! And it only took about 25 seconds to rotate??? That seems so incredible to me. Great shot!!! Thanx~
25 seconds to rotate because it´s empty but of course it´s a massive plane. "Lived" with them at Azores AFB every day. Missing that beautifull fan noise
Pedro Santos Oh my gosh...my Aunt used to live in the Azores in the 70's. . It looked like such a beautiful place! Even tho that plane was empty, it STILL took off fast. But what do I know??? lol
My previous house was right under the approach path to McChord AFB. The first time a C-5 came over, I thought the world was coming to and end or something! My windows vibrated, that singular howl of the engines riveted me, and I was speechless with surprise and awe. An Air Force friend told me "Oh, that's just a Galaxy", and took me out to the flight line so I could see one taking off. I was truly amazed that something so huge can get off the ground! Magnificent!
I just saw this and a Globe Master today and they are just huge... I went on the Galaxy and couldn't believe the size of its interior.. Amazing aircraft.
If i were a megalomaniac who had billions of dollars at my my disposal, i'd buy a C-5 and turn it into a private jet. 2-4 car garage at the front, a place to carry a helicopter in the rear and i'd fill the middle with luxury accommodations. A bar, a small movie-theater and everything else you can fit in there in addition to large bedrooms, bathrooms and living room. Maybe make it a two-story apartment, if the height allows it. People with their Gulfstreams would seem like nothing after that..
Dont know if you could get that off the ground......all the plumbing and water weighs alot.....plus, even a billionair would be hardpressed to pay for the fuel.
Thoelle Weight wouldn't be an issue as you can design your plans around those limits, but your comment about paying for the fuel? I have to make some things clear to you. A C-5 costs around 168 million dollars and let's say customising it raises the cost to 220 million, meaning over 50million dollars put into the interior of an airplane. It costs 78,817 dollars to fly the C-5 for an hour, counting for the fuel, maintenance and other expenditures. If some billionaire would be willing to spend 1 billion dollars every year for transportation instead of buying politicians or other shiny things, let's see what they could pay for, shall we? After paying 220million for the plane it leaves 780million divided by 78,817 for 9896 hours of operation. That is 412 days worth of operating hours. That means that they could buy a NEW luxury C-5 EVERY YEAR, keep it airborne around the clock and still have 88million left over. Now let's say that they would buy the plane and fly it for about 10 hours a week for 4 years, which is still a lot more traveling than any person would be willing to endure. That would cost 163939360 dollars over those 4 years and with the plane it would be an investment of 363939360 dollars. Let's 365million to round things up. Warren Buffet earns enough money to pay for that in 10 DAYS!!! The Koch brothers spent 100million dollars in just the United States mid-term elections. So for the big megalomaniacal billionaires in the world who have billions of dollars of money at their disposal, paying for fuel is no problem...
markotark You also have to register the damn thing which would be interesting to say the least for a, normally, military aircraft. Also, when i said billionare, i was thinking a man who has a billion dollars in the bank and is making maybe a few hundred million a year. Not a multibillionaire. A multibillionaire can pretty much pay for whatever he wants, personal supercomputer, yup, private island, yup, private country, probably, private military, probably, house the size of a disneyland theme park, yup
Thoelle I think i said that: "If i were a megalomaniac who had BILLIONS of dollars at my my DISPOSAL...", so yeah, i was thinking of those multibillionaire's of the world. But doing those calculations just reminded me of how some people have too much money... What i mean by that is that i live on a small Island between Sweden and Finland with a population of 28.000 people. Warren Buffet could give every single person on this island 2,7million dollars and still have enough money left over to give the 507 million people of the European Union almost 5 dollars... If that's not excessive, i don't know what is.
***** The Antonov would require extremely large airports, limiting you movements to within the range of an extremely large airport. Also because the noise produced would be certainly annoying, seeing as how sound proofing would likely tip it over its weight limit.
Thumbs up if you've ever flown in a C5! I flew in one from Fort Campbell to Saudi Arabia back in 1991. It was loaded with vehicles and we sat in the passenger compartment that is above the cargo area. All of the seats faced the tail. We had to stop in Germany to refuel. Once in Saudi Arabia the plane squatted down, the nose and tail swung open and the vehicles were driven off. It was one of the most impressive pieces of engineering that I've every had the pleasure of seeing close and in person.
0:34 that size difference though. it amazes me how such a large aircraft such as the c-5 even gets airborne. i've been on a c-17 and thought that was huge, this is even bigger. i definitely want to see a c-5 in person one day.
My grandmother lives right beside wright Patterson air force base and one day I was in the kitchen and heard a loud noise went outside and this huge beast was going over at about 400ft high the noise is amazing and 5 minutes later I was outside and a loud scream cranked up and a C-5 came above the trees that day was the first day I had ever seen a C-5 and I wont forget it!
My first thought was, oh my God they got two of them ready to go at the same time!? With as much maintenance as those need that was a surprise. Then I realized the one in front was a C-17 not a C-5A.
When they takeoff at certain angles it looks like they rotate at 2mph and makes no sense how its lifting off the ground, planes so huge it fools your eyes.
We would stage behind each engine for a fire training scenario and I remember the wind from the engines at idle speed just swaying us back and fourth in our P-19 crash truck. Massive aircraft.
In 1986, boarded a C-5 with a company from Ft. Campbell to the Sinai. Helos and hum-vees with other machinery on the lower cargo level. About 160 of us cramped in the upper level for the 12-hour flight. Refueled mid-air. Pilots telling us to watch for any cracks in the fuselage, ha. Eighty pound rucks in our laps the whole way. From somewhat chilly weather to extreme heat. Jet lag to all. Wasn't a fun ride yet an experience. Yes, those planes are behemoths!
Did you ever actually fly as a crewmember? (Usually it's the armchair expert maligning the C-5 never having even been inside the thing). Here's a historical nugget: circa 2003, we flew enough hours that I we prayed to break and rarely did. (I was gone 342 days that year and got probably 1200 hours in 12 months.)
I remember being at Lackland AFB and seeing these mammoths take off doing touch and goes all the time. Truly deafening but yet so spectacular to see! Just listen to those screaming engines! I miss Lackland...
+Justin Castleberry When I was at Lackland, watching these take off (and breaking my bearing, in formation, btw) I would often feel the TI's brim of his hat, banging against the side of my head, while screaming in my ear, "Jones, what the hell are you trying to do to my flight?"
me too! I loved it, it was definitley the smoothest plane ride I've ever taken. And love that you can have a whole row to yourself and lay down. We flew overseas on it. It calmed my nerves not to be able to see outside too, but landing came as a shock!
I remember when we were stationed at Ford Ord and a C-5 made a landing at Monterey Regional. Suffice to say that little airport was not made to handle something that huge. The landing gears squashed the runway lights and the wings knocked over some markers. Trust me; the government paid out a pretty penny over that one.
Absolutely scary, and magnificent!! If there is a feeling of pride in my heart, it's for this amazing airship! She's an absolute marvel of engineering and a beautiful machine to watch at full power!
It is an incredible sound very distinctive and instantly recognizable in real life if you have had the opportunity to hear it in person you don't need to see it to know it's the mighty C-5 Galaxy!
Awesome aircraft. You can't really appreciate it until you stand inside the cargo hold- my daughter described it as "a church with wings" and that's pretty accurate. But if you can physically fit the cargo inside a C-17, the '17 will carry it cheaper per pound.
I was very fortunate to ride this huuuuuge plane from Charleston Air Force Base going to Dover Air Force Base With my Family. We set on the second floor hahahaha...From Dover We went to fly C-17 going to Ramstein Air Force Base, it was the most memorable vacation we had in Europe (2005) . C-5 Galaxy is such a badass plane in my opinion. God Bless Our U.S Military All over the world.
One of these came in for a landing about three hundred feet over a highway I was driving on. These things are unbelievably loud! These are not like commercial aircraft. The power is unreal!
I totally lucked out once when I was in the Army and had to pull guard duty (a once every other month sort of thing). A C-5 had landed at our airbase (West Ft. Hood) and it required two guards posted, one aft and rear, to guard this beast and I got to spend my guard duty with it as opposed to some stupid ammo depot and lucked out even further because my best friend was the other guard. We didn't even have to think about it, we crawled up inside this beast and checked her out, top to bottom. Sat in the cockpit seats, everything. I cannot describe to you how surreal it was being 40-50 feet up in the cockpit, Just friggin crazy. We're we stoned? Of course we were stoned. This was 1977 and we were teenagers. It was a pretty ballsy thing to do. We would have been busted big time had we been caught fucking wandering around inside. But at 2:30 am, fat chance of that happening. How did we get in? Through the friggin' giant ass open back door cargo loading bay, that's how. It was completely lit up inside. Now that I think about it, I don't know why that would have just been left wide ass open like that or why all the lights were on. Easier to load in the morning or something? I dunno. It didn't seem odd at the time. The thing that sticks with me about that plane was just how fucking enormous it was, from the outside, from the inside, from the cockpit, from the cargo ramp, the jet engines, everything just crazy huge. What an engineering marvel. When viewed from a distance of a couple kilometers when it is landing or taking off, you can't believe your eyes because it appears to be moving so slowly through the air that it should just drop from the sky. Obviously it is moving plenty fast, it's just its mammoth size that makes it appear to be barely moving relative to the buildings and the terrain beneath it. . I wonder if it is an optical illusion size wise? Like how the moon appears far bigger when it is on the horizon than when it's mid sky? Whatever it is, it's really quite the sight to see this mammoth beauty seemingly floating in air.
my dad was out there at wilford hall and we go on that ring drive over towards the globemaster....that is still a large beautiful bird....favorite transport ....thanx for the reply
I worked on em for 4 yrs and still dont believe they fly
Doesn't seem possible
Put enough thrust behind ANYTHING and it will fly. The Galaxy proves my point. Good on you for keeping those TurboFans turning, Sir.
why you stopped?
I dont know how they get off the ground.
Where and when?
Me, '74-78 Travis 60th oms flying crew chief..lol
Did You Know...
The C-5 has the ability to transport 270 passengers...six transcontinental buses...two M1-A1 Abrams main battle tanks...seven UH-1 Huey helicopters or one U.S. Army 74-ton mobile scissors bridge.
The landing gear has a total of 28 wheels
The interior and exterior paint on the C-5 weighs 2,600 pounds
More than 100 miles of wiring are required to functionally operate all C-5 aircraft systems
The cargo compartment of the C-5 is large enough to hold an eight-lane bowling alley
The C-5 can carry 25,844,746 ping pong balls
Each C-5 engine nacelle is 1 ½ time the length of a Cadillac, large enough to garage a Ford Mustang
The C-5 contains over five miles of control cables
Each C-5 engine gulps approximately 42 tons of air per minute
Thank you!
I was wondering how many ping pong balls it would fit
Sounds like you've been reading a few Galaxy Service Letters.
How something that heavy can get off the ground is truly a miracle of aviation!
+Michael Adinolfe speed!
+xmac
Differential of air pressure. You can make a bullet fly but not for long.
+xmac
Yes, speed. It takes a certain velocity of air to make a sufficient differential reaction to induce flight.
Ask any bird.
Hummingbirds still laugh at us.
+Michael Adinolfe antonov 225
It's really not as heavy as it looks, though. If you could scale it down to the size of a car, it would be extremely light. If you scaled a car up to the size of a C5 Galaxy, it would be exceptionally heavy.
I love the sound of the engines when it begins to take runway.
Oh my gosh yes...
Same buddy
Same here
00:33 C-5: "Go elsewhere to play, my children." and the two small aircraft "Yes, mum!"
01:30 - 01:44 What a..screaming take-off!
keltdevangel1 the lil ones look like grass hoppers .
I love how the blue one stops to take a look
They always get big after a kid or two.
😂😂😂😂😂
@@paulh4943 I would too if I were him
It just doesn't seem possible for a jet this size to have such a short take-off.
It's a thing of beauty.
Probably it doesnt have cargo.
SCCCRREEAAAMM! No aircraft has better sounds that the C-5 Galaxy, in my opinion.
Maybe an Avro Vulcan under some conditions. They both have that high pitch whining which sounds awesome. Newer engines are so boring in terms of noise.
Remember il76
If you're ever around one of these monster's taking off you will never ever, ever forget the sound.
The upgraded Super Galaxy C5M engines don't have that cool screaming sound anymore. Sounds like a commercial jet now.
Fancy seeing you here
This is amazing. Sometimes man, you just have to stop and think about the greatness of physics
I work on them I have no idea how they get off the ground especially with 2 m1 Abraham's inside absolutely mind boggling.
was working on the altus military airlift command at altus Oklahoma and talk about a beast of an aircraft it was and still love those tf-39 turbo fans engines that's the sound of freedom literally.
No airplane in the world has a more beautiful sound tham the C5
HAD is the word not has! really sad
@@expfighter5112 Sad is you trying to be an English teacher to someone who speaks 5 languages and I wont change it to make you happy as it makes me happy the way I posted it!
@@johnholmes7622 i was NOT Grammering you on anything, hilarious! i was saying that the C5's HAD great engines and sound before they took out the tf39 engines and replaced them with boring ass everyday airline engines! has nothing to do with grammar! what's sad is that you say you speak 5 languages but don't know what you're talking about.
The screamer 😎
The 757.
13 year old footage that plays at 1080P...the camera was way ahead of its tine..nice and crisp
I still can’t get over the size of the C-5 Galaxy and how it actually takes off and flies. I actually hitched a ride on the C-5 from Ramstein Air Base in West Germany, December 1981. Landed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Made my way to San Luis Obispo, California. After spending some time in the States, returned to Germany on a different flight and airline (not a C-5). But hitching a ride on a Galaxy is an experience.
How many landing wheels do you need?
C-5: yes
The C-5 has been my favorite airplane since I was a kid. My dad was in the Air Force for twenty years so I got to see it a bunch of times. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
At 00:27 - the C5 Galaxy is thinking : I gotta wait for this piece of shit????
When that second plane came: MORE PIECES OF SHT
Awesome, Love the C5, rode on 3 of them when I was in the Army!
That TF39 Growl is the most recognizable engine sound in the world!
Go listen to a Vulcan taking off and recognise what you describe as a growl is a squeal
@@nitramnitram1966 lol ok whatever 6 years later!
I am amazed at how such a short take-off is even possible. Thank You!
Bill Jenkins it was not loaded with freight
I’m amazed by the shortness of his dick
best sounding plane in the world just love the screeching galaxy
Shame they are all in the M variant now. Whisper boring compared to the old engines.
Amazing.
My late husband used to be in the US Air Force. He would load and download these aircrafts. He told me that it was huge on the inside. You won't believe what we can load in their.
How r u ❤
I got to see the inside of one at an air show. It was indeed HUGE. We got to watch take off, and though I know it had to be going at least 150mph, it was so huge it looked like it was doing about 30.
Those small coloured single engine planes resembled tiny cockroaches scurrying away when the terminator arrives 😂
Love that sound!! I heard them all night while living on base. 😊
1:26 I miss the sound of those TF39s screaming. Now they have been replaced by CF6s which sound like a muffled version of the TF39
As a kid, I grew up with these monsters flying overhead. Hearing the unmistakable steady roar of the TF39s would always put a smile on my face and send me running outside to watch good ol' FRED go by. There was something almost soothing about it.
*Yeah... They could have kept a couple of birds operational with TF-39s... Would have been plenty of spare parts for it, but F-ing bureaucrats and bean counters have no sense of nostalgia. The new engines are boring... Sounds like any big civilian airliner now... Smh*
So glad to have my own Galaxy M31.
Amazing engineering! Just in a slight run it's ready to take off! Power of great minds indeed
And very lightly loaded.
Fill the thing up to MTOW and it will eat up 12,000 feet of runway, no problem.
I'm still always a little surprised when anything that big actually gets airborne.
I also think so....dear...how it can be?....I know the scientific reason behind this...but still have surprise in my mind....
My Dad worked at Lockheed designing the C5-A. I have a scar on my chin where my brother knocked me down as we were running outside to see the plane Daddy had helped build as it passed over our house on its maiden flight.
Just listen to that beautiful sound😮😮
Just crazy how quick that monster gets in the air
There's only 2 C-5C models. One is 8216. I used to fly it as an instructor flight engineer and I was the regular crew chief when it first got modded from being just an A model.
I remember going up a ladder type steps a lot of them.
i've worked (delivered) to westover afb for many years and i'm still in awe whenever one of these birds take flight! simply amazing!!
I love how the smaller plane pilot just stops and looks at the c5
Lol, that stunt plane at 0:30 is like "dafuq"
+mike104740
Yes.
But think of him as a puppy with the mom waiting.
Cute 😂👌🅱✔💯🔥🔥
Imagine flying on a C5 Galaxy and having to listen to the engines for 8 hours.
I was stationed at NAS Atlanta, which sits on a corner of Dobbins AFB in Marietta, where these were built. Used to watch them coming and going every day. Never ceased being amazed,
Worked at a FD that had a station directly across the road from the Camp Grayling airstrip. When these would take off, they'd need every inch of runway, so they'd be maybe 100 yds from the bay doors. Everything in the station would shake. If they were coming in above us to land, they may have cleared the station by 50'. Deafening ( but absolutely cool) coming or going.
Omg I love the sound of the engines getting ready at 1:26
Who will NOT love that tell me. The TF39 is a beauty
They Same As Boeing 747-100 727-200 & 747-300
Most interesting plane ride of my life was in one of these. Took it from Hawaii to Guam via military hops. Not only is it insanely loud (we wore ear plugs the entire time and it still sounded like a air conditioner was next to my ear), but the few passenger seats it has are facing the back of the plane, so take off was interesting. I really needed that seat belt.
We went from RAF Mildenhall uk to Dover in 1988. It was so weird taking off because you couldnt feel the wheels leave the ground. We were in the air and still thought we hadnt lifted off. We got invited into the cockpit. Something my kids will never forget.
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Had a good tour of this at the airshow including the cockpit. Quite the machine. We asked the pilot if he could airdrop some beer on the way out and he said, sure. He was a cool guy. We waited around after the show just to see it take off but got moved along before it left. Thanks for posting this.
I used to watch these take off from JB MDL when I was doing TDY at Fort Dix. It just amazed me that they could even fly. This one was obviously empty as the ones at McGuire would just kind of lumber into the sky.
I was the man in chatge of the Humanitarian Airlift between Nov 13 1998 and June 30th 2001. We saved many lives!!!
the scream of a HUGE metal angel!💙
I've seen one a couple of times over the years near Dobbins AFB in Marietta, GA, just northwest of Atlanta. It's definitely a sight to behold, it actually takes your brain a moment to process how something that gargantuan, is actually floating in air, a truly majestic beast indeed...
From rest to airborne in less than 30 seconds. That's pretty impressive!
I worked as an air traffic controller at Yokota Air Base Japan when the C-5 was first introduced. It was impressive when it taxied past the tower with a tail section that was higher off the ground than our tower's cab.
Omigosh!!! Those little 'ants' running out in front of that plane really give it some perspective!!! That plane is MASSIVE!!! And it only took about 25 seconds to rotate??? That seems so incredible to me.
Great shot!!! Thanx~
25 seconds to rotate because it´s empty but of course it´s a massive plane.
"Lived" with them at Azores AFB every day.
Missing that beautifull fan noise
Pedro Santos Oh my gosh...my Aunt used to live in the Azores in the 70's. . It looked like such a beautiful place! Even tho that plane was empty, it STILL took off fast. But what do I know??? lol
Pedro Santos Yes, the fan noise, if you've ever heard before you definitely know what it is when you hear it again..
My previous house was right under the approach path to McChord AFB. The first time a C-5 came over, I thought the world was coming to and end or something! My windows vibrated, that singular howl of the engines riveted me, and I was speechless with surprise and awe. An Air Force friend told me "Oh, that's just a Galaxy", and took me out to the flight line so I could see one taking off. I was truly amazed that something so huge can get off the ground! Magnificent!
God bless the USA
yessir
I was an aircargo specialist in the Air Force in the 70's and I loaded and unloaded this flying beast alot,plus c141s,and c130s
+edwin bryner You sound like a lucky man.
The little planes are saying "oh s":t! lets get out of here before the big guy runs us over"!
+trey man
The big plane really respects the little planes.
No man...the Just say crack 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@lesbrown7009 nice comment Bro...i respect you 👏
Hahahaha lol
@@lesbrown7009 jjccnvva
I just saw this and a Globe Master today and they are just huge... I went on the Galaxy and couldn't believe the size of its interior.. Amazing aircraft.
A truly magnificent beast! ❤️
I grew up very close to McGuire AFB/Ft. Dix and listened to em take off with the C-141’s, and F-4 Phantoms. Just love the sound the C-5’s made!
If i were a megalomaniac who had billions of dollars at my my disposal, i'd buy a C-5 and turn it into a private jet.
2-4 car garage at the front, a place to carry a helicopter in the rear and i'd fill the middle with luxury accommodations. A bar, a small movie-theater and everything else you can fit in there in addition to large bedrooms, bathrooms and living room. Maybe make it a two-story apartment, if the height allows it.
People with their Gulfstreams would seem like nothing after that..
Dont know if you could get that off the ground......all the plumbing and water weighs alot.....plus, even a billionair would be hardpressed to pay for the fuel.
Thoelle Weight wouldn't be an issue as you can design your plans around those limits, but your comment about paying for the fuel? I have to make some things clear to you.
A C-5 costs around 168 million dollars and let's say customising it raises the cost to 220 million, meaning over 50million dollars put into the interior of an airplane.
It costs 78,817 dollars to fly the C-5 for an hour, counting for the fuel, maintenance and other expenditures.
If some billionaire would be willing to spend 1 billion dollars every year for transportation instead of buying politicians or other shiny things, let's see what they could pay for, shall we?
After paying 220million for the plane it leaves 780million divided by 78,817 for 9896 hours of operation. That is 412 days worth of operating hours.
That means that they could buy a NEW luxury C-5 EVERY YEAR, keep it airborne around the clock and still have 88million left over.
Now let's say that they would buy the plane and fly it for about 10 hours a week for 4 years, which is still a lot more traveling than any person would be willing to endure.
That would cost 163939360 dollars over those 4 years and with the plane it would be an investment of 363939360 dollars. Let's 365million to round things up.
Warren Buffet earns enough money to pay for that in 10 DAYS!!!
The Koch brothers spent 100million dollars in just the United States mid-term elections.
So for the big megalomaniacal billionaires in the world who have billions of dollars of money at their disposal, paying for fuel is no problem...
markotark You also have to register the damn thing which would be interesting to say the least for a, normally, military aircraft. Also, when i said billionare, i was thinking a man who has a billion dollars in the bank and is making maybe a few hundred million a year. Not a multibillionaire. A multibillionaire can pretty much pay for whatever he wants, personal supercomputer, yup, private island, yup, private country, probably, private military, probably, house the size of a disneyland theme park, yup
Thoelle I think i said that: "If i were a megalomaniac who had BILLIONS of dollars at my my DISPOSAL...", so yeah, i was thinking of those multibillionaire's of the world.
But doing those calculations just reminded me of how some people have too much money...
What i mean by that is that i live on a small Island between Sweden and Finland with a population of 28.000 people. Warren Buffet could give every single person on this island 2,7million dollars and still have enough money left over to give the 507 million people of the European Union almost 5 dollars...
If that's not excessive, i don't know what is.
***** The Antonov would require extremely large airports, limiting you movements to within the range of an extremely large airport. Also because the noise produced would be certainly annoying, seeing as how sound proofing would likely tip it over its weight limit.
Thumbs up if you've ever flown in a C5! I flew in one from Fort Campbell to Saudi Arabia back in 1991. It was loaded with vehicles and we sat in the passenger compartment that is above the cargo area. All of the seats faced the tail. We had to stop in Germany to refuel. Once in Saudi Arabia the plane squatted down, the nose and tail swung open and the vehicles were driven off. It was one of the most impressive pieces of engineering that I've every had the pleasure of seeing close and in person.
0:34 that size difference though.
it amazes me how such a large aircraft such as the c-5 even gets airborne. i've been on a c-17 and thought that was huge, this is even bigger. i definitely want to see a c-5 in person one day.
I've been on one,it seems too big to fly.
Try an AN-225 lol
First ro fly , south pole, streetcar named desire.
My grandmother lives right beside wright Patterson air force base and one day I was in the kitchen and heard a loud noise went outside and this huge beast was going over at about 400ft high the noise is amazing and 5 minutes later I was outside and a loud scream cranked up and a C-5 came above the trees that day was the first day I had ever seen a C-5 and I wont forget it!
My first thought was, oh my God they got two of them ready to go at the same time!? With as much maintenance as those need that was a surprise. Then I realized the one in front was a C-17 not a C-5A.
That's what a Galaxy should sound like! I hate the newer engines. The older engines are still one of my favorite sounds ever!
When they takeoff at certain angles it looks like they rotate at 2mph and makes no sense how its lifting off the ground, planes so huge it fools your eyes.
I rode in one of those when I was in the military! Awesome aircraft!
TF39 in its full screaming glory
We would stage behind each engine for a fire training scenario and I remember the wind from the engines at idle speed just swaying us back and fourth in our P-19 crash truck. Massive aircraft.
unbelievable take off. super heavy weight taking off the ground .physiq s laws forces are amazing
It's the sound for me...
Such a massive lump of beauty
C5 Galaxy any day 👍
I miss the 39's. Now they just aound like a 747.
In 1986, boarded a C-5 with a company from Ft. Campbell to the Sinai. Helos and hum-vees with other machinery on the lower cargo level. About 160 of us cramped in the upper level for the 12-hour flight. Refueled mid-air. Pilots telling us to watch for any cracks in the fuselage, ha. Eighty pound rucks in our laps the whole way. From somewhat chilly weather to extreme heat. Jet lag to all. Wasn't a fun ride yet an experience. Yes, those planes are behemoths!
Every time I had the pleasure of flying in the C-5 in the 80's I was scared as fuck during take off!
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@@johnsilva3550 just a big plane going slow during take-off.
*You alwayz knew when a C-5 Galaxy was on base... Besides the heavy smell of kerosene, that unmistakable sound, like a fleet of flying saucers!*
Come on C-5 I want to hear you Roar! Your my Favorite Jet in the USAF
Hahah, oh you missled person-its one of the worst aircraft in the whole AF fleet.
It may be a hassle and scary as hell to take off in it but good god those engines sound amazing
Mine too (and that's after 14 years as a crewmember).
Did you ever actually fly as a crewmember? (Usually it's the armchair expert maligning the C-5 never having even been inside the thing). Here's a historical nugget: circa 2003, we flew enough hours that I we prayed to break and rarely did. (I was gone 342 days that year and got probably 1200 hours in 12 months.)
@@23058usaf How so?
My wife passed in July 23rd, 2017 of Ovarian Cancer! I am in Berievement and pray the Rosary every dau for her Soul!🌷
The TF39 turbofan engines gave the C-5A its sound.
True sound of power
I remember being at Lackland AFB and seeing these mammoths take off doing touch and goes all the time. Truly deafening but yet so spectacular to see! Just listen to those screaming engines! I miss Lackland...
+Justin Castleberry When I was at Lackland, watching these take off (and breaking my bearing, in formation, btw) I would often feel the TI's brim of his hat, banging against the side of my head, while screaming in my ear, "Jones, what the hell are you trying to do to my flight?"
That's me when i scream while the world is ending 1:27
me too! I loved it, it was definitley the smoothest plane ride I've ever taken. And love that you can have a whole row to yourself and lay down. We flew overseas on it. It calmed my nerves not to be able to see outside too, but landing came as a shock!
It was nice o get a whole row of seats and sleep the whole journey. Taking off and landing was really strange when you couldnt see anything.
I remember when we were stationed at Ford Ord and a C-5 made a landing at Monterey Regional. Suffice to say that little airport was not made to handle something that huge. The landing gears squashed the runway lights and the wings knocked over some markers. Trust me; the government paid out a pretty penny over that one.
🤔 Don't you mean that we all paid a pretty penny for that one?
Absolutely scary, and magnificent!! If there is a feeling of pride in my heart, it's for this amazing airship! She's an absolute marvel of engineering and a beautiful machine to watch at full power!
If i had the money I'd buy a C5 that doesn't work and turn it into a house!
SirderpingDerp And when the neighbors make too much noise. Spool up those TF-39s
I was on a c5a at Jan 1975 at Travis and I would turn it into a city block. lol,
Joseph Wonderless 1975 was when my mum was born damn. But the C-5 lacked all modern equipment
+SirderpingDerp a C5 is a neighborhood of tiny homes. a little village right there
Go to Davis Monthan Airbase in Tucson Arizona. I'm sure they'll sell you on scheduled to be scrapped.
My God, what a monster!
ahaha that little blue plane stops for a sec like......wow....that's huge
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TRUE LOL!
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That's what she said. (I invented that )
It is an incredible sound very distinctive and instantly recognizable in real life if you have had the opportunity to hear it in person you don't need to see it to know it's the mighty C-5 Galaxy!
Awesome aircraft. You can't really appreciate it until you stand inside the cargo hold- my daughter described it as "a church with wings" and that's pretty accurate. But if you can physically fit the cargo inside a C-17, the '17 will carry it cheaper per pound.
I was very fortunate to ride this huuuuuge plane from Charleston Air Force Base going to Dover Air Force Base With my Family. We set on
the second floor hahahaha...From Dover We went to fly C-17 going to Ramstein Air Force Base, it was the most memorable vacation we
had in Europe (2005) . C-5 Galaxy is such a badass plane in my opinion. God Bless Our U.S Military All over the world.
That's a plane version of a bumblebee =]
#magnificent
Flew across the creek in one of these bad boys when I was in the service. Awesome Power!! 🙂👍👏
@ 1:23 the sound kids make when your in trouble in class
I enjoyed myself at The Abbotsford Air Show in 1965 !Fire fighting AVENGERS were there....and P-40s....aaahhhhhh....memories !
I saw one do a go- around at Exeter airport this afternoon...AWESOME!
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One of these came in for a landing about three hundred feet over a highway I was driving on. These things are unbelievably loud! These are not like commercial aircraft. The power is unreal!
Beautiful.
I totally lucked out once when I was in the Army and had to pull guard duty (a once every other month sort of thing). A C-5 had landed at our airbase (West Ft. Hood) and it required two guards posted, one aft and rear, to guard this beast and I got to spend my guard duty with it as opposed to some stupid ammo depot and lucked out even further because my best friend was the other guard. We didn't even have to think about it, we crawled up inside this beast and checked her out, top to bottom. Sat in the cockpit seats, everything. I cannot describe to you how surreal it was being 40-50 feet up in the cockpit, Just friggin crazy.
We're we stoned? Of course we were stoned. This was 1977 and we were teenagers. It was a pretty ballsy thing to do. We would have been busted big time had we been caught fucking wandering around inside. But at 2:30 am, fat chance of that happening.
How did we get in? Through the friggin' giant ass open back door cargo loading bay, that's how. It was completely lit up inside. Now that I think about it, I don't know why that would have just been left wide ass open like that or why all the lights were on. Easier to load in the morning or something? I dunno. It didn't seem odd at the time.
The thing that sticks with me about that plane was just how fucking enormous it was, from the outside, from the inside, from the cockpit, from the cargo ramp, the jet engines, everything just crazy huge. What an engineering marvel. When viewed from a distance of a couple kilometers when it is landing or taking off, you can't believe your eyes because it appears to be moving so slowly through the air that it should just drop from the sky.
Obviously it is moving plenty fast, it's just its mammoth size that makes it appear to be barely moving relative to the buildings and the terrain beneath it. . I wonder if it is an optical illusion size wise? Like how the moon appears far bigger when it is on the horizon than when it's mid sky? Whatever it is, it's really quite the sight to see this mammoth beauty seemingly floating in air.
That's not an Airplane, it's a freakin building!
Six floors tall
Holy shit six floors!?
Damn the ant 225 must be ginormous
It's truly amazing how heavy these things are but can still fly
Must have been empty cause that was way to short for a full payload
I said the same thing! lol!
The way the pilot climbed up so steep after takeoff too.
I am glad that the civilian prop aircraft were on this video. It gave you an idea of how big this thing really is.!!
Love watching these huge transport/cargo jets. They look like, to me anyways, flying beluga whales.
fabulous the galaxy c 5 my favorite. amazing take off.
i love the sound of jets spooling up
my dad was out there at wilford hall and we go on that ring drive over towards the globemaster....that is still a large beautiful bird....favorite transport ....thanx for the reply
WTF was that Blue Mouse doing?
It's amazing how quickly they can rotate!