Totally cool to see the gear deploy, and then swivel into position for landing. It must have been a challenge to secure the camera to the aircraft. It did it's job and gave us a great view.
You don't realize how fast that sucker is moving until you see the ground coming up! That has got to be one of the most impressive sights I've seen! And nothing beats the sound of the C-5's engines! Boy do I love that sound!
schrap72 I agree it is truly impressive and I remember them floating into the air out of Kadena, but nothing compared to the SR-71 Habu taking off in full afterburner.
landing was 10/10. i thought he was gonna come up landing past the piano keys and hard touch down but the flare at the end was perfect. probably couldnt even feel it from inside the cockpit!
Amazing view! Worked C-5's at Travis for ten years, went overseas, and then back to Travis and this time worked on C-141's till they went away. Lived on base and it's amazing what you learn to tune out (planes taking off and landing, engine runs for maintenance, etc,,,) my folks came down to visit and asked how we could sleep with all that noise, I asked back "what noise"?
@@747heavyboeing3 Sorry missed your reply. I would think it had a better MC rate than the C-5A & B's but not positive. After working on the C-5, it was just easier to work on in my opinion.
One of the more impressive videos I've seen. Really get a sense of the speed when you see the airflow buffeting the landing gear bay doors. Felt like I was riding under the plane. Love those engine sounds.
That looks like Travis Air Force Base im about 8 minutes from there. Hear them all the time they also have the KC 135 refueler and the C17s. I remember the days of the C5 Galaxy it was deafening to hear and a huge aircraft.
That was really funny. At first I thought: Where is he going? The runway is to the left. Is he going to make a REALLY tight turn to final? Then it was: Oh wait, he can just land on the runway in front of him.
When I was serving in Army aviation during the Vietnam War, I did a "tour" in Pleiku & Nha Trang from Aug68 to Aug69, then I finished my enlistment at the Crissy Army Airfield at the Presidio of San Francisco (near the Golden Gate Bridge). We had many flight assignments, but the worst was to haul injured soldiers coming home for the war, in various aircraft, but mostly the C-141s and later in C-5s. We'd fly our helicopters to Travis Airbase, the injured would be transferred to our aircraft and we'd fly them to Letterman Army Hospital, a topnotch hospital at the Presidio (Spanish word for "fort"). I was at the Presidio from Sep69 to Jan71. Those were difficult days, but somehow we survived and now we continue to move on.
For 9 years I was a Pneumatic/Hydraulic Specialist on Dover AFB's C-5 A's & B's. So many maintenance personnel to keep these flying! A lot of hard work. But very rewarding to learn, troubleshoot and work on the systems and all the hundreds of hydraulic and pneumatic components to keep it flying. From the "T" tail to nose cone "Visor" - all the hydraulics that are involved is crazy but necessary. This film is impressive showing the landing gear sequence, what great engineering went into designing the main landing gear to unfold the "bogies" and rotate them into position for landing. Too bad you weren't able to show the flight crew dialing in "cross wind" on the gears when landing, but I believe that function was later deleted.
I started flying on Fred in the mid-90s... the crosswind gear function was removed before my time. Sure would have been cool to see in operation though.
always amazed me how planes designed and built in the 50's and 60's are still in service to this day and keep up with operational demands. C 130's, C5's, B52's platforms have done an amazing job with being able to be slightly up dated over time to continue service. Still amazes that the SR71 was first thought up and put to paper in the late 50's.
The SR-71 will always be my favorite plane overall. I am retired Air Force. These are my favorites by type (not that anyone cares, but I will list them anyway LoL). Attack: A-10 Bomber: B-1B Cargo: C-17 (C-5 for sound) Fighter: F-16 (F-22 a close 2nd) Tanker: KC-10 Spy: SR-71 Badass Bonus: C-130 Spectre Gunship! Just looking at the list is a whole can of badassery!
Back in about 1975-6, one of the C-5A's from Travis was at Altus doing touch and goes, on the closed side of the base. The gear came down, didn't turn forward, gave the green lights or the crew didn't notice, and made the world's shortest landing, smoked all the tires, caught fire and burned to the ground before the fire crews arrived. Everyone got off, but a total write off of the aircraft.
They could have made the C5's landing gear both stronger and lighter, with the same number of wheels. Double up the 777's rear struts (4x6), and two front struts. (The front double steering struts would need a linkage, possible hydraulic with electronic controls.)
Thumbs up for you bastard. Great view of an awesome size military transport. Years ago while I stood under the wing of a C-5 Galaxy at an airshow, an officer told me about a guy that went insane while designing the hydraulic system.
Nice video of a great plane... But I found it disturbing that after the landing gears went down the forward set of doors apparently weren't locked properly after closing and continued to vibrate not being sealed properly tight to the belly surface... I would suggest to inspect this aircraft and the mechanics of the landing gear bays, just to avoid an accident some day.
This is NOT the video of the incident aircraft, the nose gear is normal here. It is rare to see any plane land and stay this close to the runway centerline; outstanding job!
Not sure what “incident” you’re referring to. And it wasn’t unusual for our pilots to be on centerline when landing... years and years of practice doing touch-and-gos helps.
Hey Steven, that's an awesome perspective! May I use a part of this video in one of my next uploads? Of course with giving credit to you in the video and in the description. Keep it up, cheers!
I was stationed at Travis AFB seven years. Got 18 Galaxy flights across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, and across the USA. One of the best rides there is, especially the cross-country flight from Dover when I was on the flight deck. The worst one was Savannah - Travis with gear down...that was a particularly long flight when you're at reduced speed.
Haha I doubt it. I think Gopro suction mounts are rated at 150mph-ish where as a C-5 must cruse at least 500mph. would be an awesome gopro add if they did though :P
Amazing how much smoke comes off the tires when they touch down. I wonder how many landings the tires on a C-5 can endure before they have to be changed?
We don't have enough seats for everyone, so... you, private, we have a special place for you. You're the cameraman for a special video.
Imagine not having enough seats in a C-5
Lmao🤣🤣
Nonsense
“5 by 5, I’m on the pylon!”
Is it still keelhauling if it's in an airplane? :P
Totally cool to see the gear deploy, and then swivel into position for landing. It must have been a challenge to secure the camera to the aircraft. It did it's job and gave us a great view.
Ray Sills atolladero
Juan Buyo hope someone replies to me in 2 years!
Boeing 737 how about 1 day?
Boeing 737 1 week?
Flextape did it's job
The scream of those engines is a sound you don’t easily forget once you hear it for the first time.
Respect to the cameraman for holding on so we can enjoy this wonderful video.
Flew over my office almost everyday when I was stationed at Rhine Ordnance Barrack, Kaiserslautern. Beautiful plane. Loved Ramstein Air force Base.
Good ol K-Town
You don't realize how fast that sucker is moving until you see the ground coming up! That has got to be one of the most impressive sights I've seen! And nothing beats the sound of the C-5's engines! Boy do I love that sound!
schrap72 most of them have been re engined so you won't be hearing it much longer.
Sad
schrap72 I agree it is truly impressive and I remember them floating into the air out of Kadena, but nothing compared to the SR-71 Habu taking off in full afterburner.
All the C5s are officially C5Ms now and have all been re-engined. :-(
Thicconov is bigger and better
landing was 10/10. i thought he was gonna come up landing past the piano keys and hard touch down but the flare at the end was perfect. probably couldnt even feel it from inside the cockpit!
Amazing view! Worked C-5's at Travis for ten years, went overseas, and then back to Travis and this time worked on C-141's till they went away. Lived on base and it's amazing what you learn to tune out (planes taking off and landing, engine runs for maintenance, etc,,,) my folks came down to visit and asked how we could sleep with all that noise, I asked back "what noise"?
141s were great looking birds as well. I only saw a few fly in person. Did they require more maintenance per hour compared to C5s?
@@747heavyboeing3 Sorry missed your reply. I would think it had a better MC rate than the C-5A & B's but not positive. After working on the C-5, it was just easier to work on in my opinion.
One of the more impressive videos I've seen. Really get a sense of the speed when you see the airflow buffeting the landing gear bay doors. Felt like I was riding under the plane. Love those engine sounds.
TF39 engines.
Reengined C 5s today sound like an airliner . Boring compared to TF39 powered C5a
One of the nicest landings I've ever seen. Great pilot.
dooooood 100%
The C-5 has the best landing gear extension/retraction, and also the best engine roar
That was a nice butter landing
What is a 'butter' landing?
@@ayyarmia9186 a low vertical speed makes a smooth landing
Gwo Gaming RIGHT
Z Lachance smooth
Billy Judd it’s a landing that’s very smooth
This is the best century to be alive. Technology is really amazing
Enjoyed the heck out of it. Thanks for posting, Mr. Edmundson.
Man...that is just so freaking cool!!!!!!!!!! The view..the sound of those engines...everything about this clip is awesome!!!!
Now that was one smooth as silk landing! Great job.
3.15 to 3.50
What a perfect alignment to the RWY.
The pilots be appreciated.
That was my job for about a decade. C-5 landing gear. Overhaul and rigging. Way cool perspective. Thanks!
That looks like Travis Air Force Base im about 8 minutes from there. Hear them all the time they also have the KC 135 refueler and the C17s. I remember the days of the C5 Galaxy it was deafening to hear and a huge aircraft.
+Karl Dunn KC-10 is at Travis, not the 135.
I lived at travis for 3 years
I spend more time looking at USAF airplanes flying around when I go to Fairfield Pick-N-Pull auto junk yard than I do pulling my parts.
Correct, that is Travis with the two offset parallel runways,
yep def Travis AFB upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Travis_AFB_CA_-_12_June_1993.jpg
That whole evolution was the best landing vid ever!
Perfect Butter touchdown!! Really good Pilot at work!!
The smoothest landing ever😮
Not really.
Ive seen smoother from ryanair
Almost got arrested for watching it, smooth ryanair landings are illegal
Bacot anjing
That was really funny. At first I thought: Where is he going? The runway is to the left. Is he going to make a REALLY tight turn to final? Then it was: Oh wait, he can just land on the runway in front of him.
Same.
Your not the only one to think that.
I did too
"Where's this guy going ? He's on the taxiway" :-)
I did too lol
Love the C-5, a thing of beauty to watch it fly!
When I was serving in Army aviation during the Vietnam War, I did a "tour" in Pleiku & Nha Trang from Aug68 to Aug69, then I finished my enlistment at the Crissy Army Airfield at the Presidio of San Francisco (near the Golden Gate Bridge). We had many flight assignments, but the worst was to haul injured soldiers coming home for the war, in various aircraft, but mostly the C-141s and later in C-5s. We'd fly our helicopters to Travis Airbase, the injured would be transferred to our aircraft and we'd fly them to Letterman Army Hospital, a topnotch hospital at the Presidio (Spanish word for "fort"). I was at the Presidio from Sep69 to Jan71. Those were difficult days, but somehow we survived and now we continue to move on.
For 9 years I was a Pneumatic/Hydraulic Specialist on Dover AFB's C-5 A's & B's. So many maintenance personnel to keep these flying! A lot of hard work. But very rewarding to learn, troubleshoot and work on the systems and all the hundreds of hydraulic and pneumatic components to keep it flying. From the "T" tail to nose cone "Visor" - all the hydraulics that are involved is crazy but necessary. This film is impressive showing the landing gear sequence, what great engineering went into designing the main landing gear to unfold the "bogies" and rotate them into position for landing. Too bad you weren't able to show the flight crew dialing in "cross wind" on the gears when landing, but I believe that function was later deleted.
I started flying on Fred in the mid-90s... the crosswind gear function was removed before my time. Sure would have been cool to see in operation though.
So many trips on these. Thanks Air Force for the rides.
Great video I love the view of the landing and the good camera quality
Flew across the creek in. One of these bad boys! When I was in the service. Smooth flight! Awesome power! Great landing! 👍👏
That ties for the best C-5 video I've ever seen! Amazing video!
I never saw that camera view before. Very nice.
Without the landing gear deployed it reminds me a lot of the Independence Day ship that set New York on fire.
Ha!! 😂
Daamn; that whistle sounds loud even from under the plane. I can't imagine how it is right next to it
The pilot absolutely buttered that landing! Smooth as a freshly waxed puanani!
U idiot lol
Perfect camera position..the view of the landing was spectacular...SURREAL!!!!😉..GREAT VIDEO!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!👏🏼👏🏼
always amazed me how planes designed and built in the 50's and 60's are still in service to this day and keep up with operational demands. C 130's, C5's, B52's platforms have done an amazing job with being able to be slightly up dated over time to continue service. Still amazes that the SR71 was first thought up and put to paper in the late 50's.
The SR-71 will always be my favorite plane overall. I am retired Air Force. These are my favorites by type (not that anyone cares, but I will list them anyway LoL).
Attack: A-10
Bomber: B-1B
Cargo: C-17 (C-5 for sound)
Fighter: F-16 (F-22 a close 2nd)
Tanker: KC-10
Spy: SR-71
Badass Bonus: C-130 Spectre Gunship!
Just looking at the list is a whole can of badassery!
Man, you must have got cold strapped under that aeroplane holding a camera! Seriously, great video, excellent editing.
If this is a joke, r/woosh me but he used a stick on camera.
@@novemberdelta1282 congrats responding to a 5 year old comment
@@Scazoid Is there anything wrong with that? I don't see any wrong doing on replying to an old comment.
@@novemberdelta1282 theyll probably never return or dead
@@Scazoid Well of course not dead!
Ha! at 1:57, right under the right bogie, my old residence. (I lived at the old Nike Missile site on Hay Rd. for about 4 years.)
Vacaville, CA?
@@jabobthegod Yes sir
@@orangecayman520 bridge?
You are lucky to see that video.
Scott Leitch
Holy fuck 6 years ago
Back in about 1975-6, one of the C-5A's from Travis was at Altus doing touch and goes, on the closed side of the base. The gear came down, didn't turn forward, gave the green lights or the crew didn't notice, and made the world's shortest landing, smoked all the tires, caught fire and burned to the ground before the fire crews arrived. Everyone got off, but a total write off of the aircraft.
Incredible. Landing was one of smoothest I've seen!
I agree- this was a truly amazing video. Captured the essence of a marvelous final approach from such a unique camera angle!
Just like butter.
It's clearly not a butter, but smooth tho
Love this view and roar of the engines
They could have made the C5's landing gear both stronger and lighter, with the same number of wheels.
Double up the 777's rear struts (4x6), and two front struts. (The front double steering struts would need a linkage, possible hydraulic with electronic controls.)
Call me a geek, but if I could restart my career I would be an undercarriage engineer, I find the workmanship amazing.
Your a geek
@ALAN CHOW HO HAN Moe ..... im in kIndaR gArTen idk how to spwlll
Nicely done Capt. Right on the centerline and SMOOTH!
Awesome to see those KC-10s on the 200 ramp to the right! Oh, and great landing, too... ;-)
The landing gear of the C-5 is an engineering masterpiece!
7 years and still a great video
Now if they could bluetooth the underside video to the pilots they could see if those wheels actually turn forward.
Now I understand why the speed limit is so low to deploy the landing gear. These doors were just about to rip right off!
👏👏👏🔥. from Bangalore India 🇮🇳
Flew so many security mission on these things. Love those reverse thrusters. 10 years at Travis AFB was enough to ruin my hearing.
And mine
couldn’t hear you guys : uhmm , what was that again ?
Pretty cool bird! I had the pleasure ,or should I say displeasure, of flying in one of these from Okinawa to Iraq. Longest week of my life!!!!
Awesome footage 👏
She's a screamer! Beautifully done
props to the camera man for strapping himself to the bottom of the plane :D
Now that was a sight to be seen👀
Wow -how perfect was that ! -thank you Steven -
yes it is an active runway. it was closed for some time to build an assault strip for that other airplane, but they are both open now.
6 years later and still my favorite landing clip on RUclips
Fantastic view of a landing.
Awesome landing! Smooth and on the centerline!
i call it a butter landing
All planes without crosswind goes aligned with the centerline so you never need t9 add “on the centerline”
Wow! What a good view!!!
Wow, talk about greasing it! Perfect smooth touch down. Impressive 👌
Stunning views, amazing!
That was brilliant!
Couple of times it got so quiet thought the plane was gliding. Cool video!!
...i love the sounds of the engines correcting on finals
Thumbs up for you bastard. Great view of an awesome size military transport. Years ago while I stood under the wing of a C-5 Galaxy at an airshow, an officer told me about a guy that went insane while designing the hydraulic system.
Good video good aircraft good flight deck....and all crew
always gives u a warm and fuzzy when your mlg doors shake like that
Nice video of a great plane... But I found it disturbing that after the landing gears went down the forward set of doors
apparently weren't locked properly after closing and continued to vibrate not being sealed properly tight to the belly surface...
I would suggest to inspect this aircraft and the mechanics of the landing gear bays, just to avoid an accident some day.
Kudos to the soldier who was strapped to the bottom of the plane to hold the camera!
Airman actually... and it was quite the ride. LOL
50,40,30,20,10 BUTTER
Great footage and great landing right on the runway centerline .
What a vid, that was amazing!
the butter I always wanted
This is NOT the video of the incident aircraft, the nose gear is normal here. It is rare to see any plane land and stay this close to the runway centerline; outstanding job!
Not sure what “incident” you’re referring to. And it wasn’t unusual for our pilots to be on centerline when landing... years and years of practice doing touch-and-gos helps.
Thats what we call a clean jetblue landing
I wanna see how butter looks? You are at the right place.
thank you for that. best ive seen! Safe flying you all!!
Wickedly smooth landing
Hey Steven, that's an awesome perspective! May I use a part of this video in one of my next uploads? Of course with giving credit to you in the video and in the description. Keep it up, cheers!
I hope you get permission
I hope you get permission too!!!
Even I hope
😭😭😭
Hiiii
I was stationed at Travis AFB seven years. Got 18 Galaxy flights across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, and across the USA. One of the best rides there is, especially the cross-country flight from Dover when I was on the flight deck. The worst one was Savannah - Travis with gear down...that was a particularly long flight when you're at reduced speed.
Cheers from Fairfield
Dang that was a nice landing
That was so freaking awesome,watching from underneath the C5-A!
when this was taken it was probably a C model
Haha I doubt it. I think Gopro suction mounts are rated at 150mph-ish where as a C-5 must cruse at least 500mph. would be an awesome gopro add if they did though :P
Amazing how much smoke comes off the tires when they touch down. I wonder how many landings the tires on a C-5 can endure before they have to be changed?
thank you for not adding background music👌
Love the sound of those engines.
Same. Sad that they re no more
Had Mahler 5th Symphony on in background, worked well by accident.
Spent a lot of time hanging around C-5s as a kid. You get to do that when you dad is the Wing Commander. Good times.
Im in tech training to be a crew chief on these bad boys!
Nice Keith! I used to be a weapons loader on A-10 Warthogs.
Hope your career is going well. My son started out as crew chief and now pilots the C5 out of Dover.
Keith Hope all is well. I did my time on that beast at Travis AFB.
Somewhere that linked to this said this is Travis Air Force Base in California and it definitely is.
Honestly my favorite plane... besides F-4 Phantom of course.
Looks like it landed at Travis AFB, Fairfield Ca. I was stationed there for 4 years.
Wow such wonderful mechanics in those gears
Nice view from down under...the plane.
I miss the old TF39s. 😢. Love the video!
Butter landing dude
That's a cool shot of a landing