C-5A 70-0456 last landing
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2017
- This is this aircrafts final landing in Tuscan Arizona. As it is retired to the boneyard at Davis monthan AFB. This aircraft had 25493 flight hours and has been in service since 1970. Only 4 tf39 powered C5 aircraft remain all C5a models.video taken march of 2017
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Not only did the TF39 sound awesome, that looked good. And to think the C5 was designed in the early sixties with a slide rule. Could watch and listen to this all day.
This ^. Absolute fucking CHAD aircraft were built without calculators and computers
It was designed by engineers using slide rules and Marchant mechanical desktop adding machines. My stepfather was on that design team. He showed me the analog computer that his team installed at Lockheed Georgia Company to test run every component and to create data on the performance of the many large assemblies that made up the plane. That computer filled a very large building.
miss that signature TF39 sound
I miss the sound but not the maintenance...
Without going outside I can always tell when another C-5A or B is flying into retirement here. The sound of the TF39s are that distinctive.
We were the last unit to fly the A model... 433d Airlift Wing at Lackland (Kelly). Made the last operational flight to GITMO in 2017 before flying it to DM shortly after return. Everyone is flying M's now. Love the M but man I miss the sound of those TF39's!!
Actually Westover arb was the last unit to fly the last 5 A models. The last A model went to the boneyard on sept 2017.
I actually worked on this aircraft! Miss those sounds. Spent many days keeping these FREDS flight worthy. But I loved it and miss it.
Me too, Dover 01-05. Still active and see them take off every day in Europe. I don't miss the TF39 but for the sound.
I can't watch, it's too sad:(
I remember hearing these when i lived close to Dover AFB.
Nice view of Tucson with A mountain to the SW.
I wish he'd kept it full reverse until he stopped on the runway. AWESOME sound
I was a crew chief on this aircraft, Altus AFB
Can hear the automated call-outs from the cock-pit, the last words that plane will ever say...
Wonder why I never realized a C-5 had thrust reversers? Thank you for posting such a great video. Mucho enjoyment.
I worked on this plane in Altus Ok in 93.
Bruce Bauer liar
@@coolguy13333 who knows he might have worked. There R several comments like this on c5 galaxy and many supported such comments
This is truly sad to see.. it’s like seeing someone take their last breath .. The C-5 has been my fav plane ever since I seen it at a Norton AFB air show in 83..
Well, he's flying to his grave, I'm trying not to cry.
Don't. There are plenty of M models still in the air and they no longer break for engines. They just break for damn near everything else.
@@scottyd035ntknow he is crying for TF39..
The engines are my bae
Thank you very much.
Philip Nick your welcome. I have other videos hope you enjoy.
probably wrapped a stator blade, or change midring rivets on that bird at Dover afb, 1975- 79
That was a great sound
I had a cousin who lived in the shadows of Davis Monthan AFB, you could see some of the retired planes from her backyard, kinda' eerie seeing them, a cemetery of planes...
I need to see one of these fly one day!
I just love this plane,
Very sad ending to a beautiful airplane.
Actually make one cry.........G. D. sham
What a great aircraft this has been
very good.
If anybody knows when one of the last c-5a's will be landing at the boneyard, hit me up with the time and date... I'll for sure be there.
You're over a year too late...
They really need to preserve a C-5A or a C-5B
Good. Do you know if any will be kept in flying condition or will they all be static displays
All the tf39 aircraft will be retired by august of 2017
I know they will but I was wondering if any of the four preserved will be kept in flying condition
3 out of the 4 will be retired and flown to the boneyard for retirement. They will be in a preservation status if they ever need to be recalled back to service. One will be flown to Ohio for display at the Air Force museum.
Great news. Do you know which one is coming to WPAFB? And thank you for posting all of these videos & preserving history on video.
That's my old Base... DM
I've flown over this airfield in an airship at about 500agl. So many dead airplanes.
Skills!
That was really sad..
they didn't use the reversers for very long. I wonder if it was just for fun, one last time.
A dafb bird, fixed it often. Miss them alot.
Rode one from RAF MIldenhall England to Dover AFB Delaware in 1982.
I was working flight line at Dover that year. 436 oms
@@peterleiza4351
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I was also stationed at Dover AFB DE, from 1980 to 1989.
I was also in the 436 OMS SQUADRON. I worked in support section, LOX/NITRO (call sign, "Sierra 14").
Tony
60-year-old Black Air Force VET 🇺🇸✈
Ok i worked graveshift flightline mostly prelaunch. Before that lso support slides emerg lights rollers ect first.
Do you know larry p in support? I worked for him. Black ssgt one of the best sgts i worked for.larry was From bronx NY . i worked for him in 1982
@@peterleiza4351
*THURSDAY AUGUST 13 2020 8:16 PM CDT*
I don't remember that name, Larry P.
Actually I have to make a correction. Basic training on Dec 12 1980. Tech School 1981. Then was stationed at Dover AFB, from 1982 to 1989. At 1990, I went PCS to the AZORES in Portugal. Then back to the states to McGuire AFB NJ. While at McGuire AFB, I went TDY to Rhein Main AB, in Frankfurt Germany. Then back to McGuire and then got out in 1992, as an E-5 (SSGT). 😅
Hope they've preserved 8-12 TF39's (2-3 C5A/B Galaxies)
A non-flashy work truck (read: airplane) flying into retirement. . .Hope they put her where passers-by can appreciate!
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Anyone flying into Tuscon gets quite a show. There is a whole fleet of Aircraft waiting in reserve at DM. If you have access to the base and come in the "back" gate, you can see some really old airframes.
I like to see one being taxied into the boneyard
TUCSON
C-5 galaxies are not gone yet
Sad day!
still works fine just needs a little service and some new paint. Usually these planes have all their parts replaced over the years and are not really old. Only the papers are old.
It's the airframe hours that count, you can't take apart an airframe main box and replace parts. 47 years of hard service is a long time for a military aircraft. The vibrations from flying make cracks in the airframe box that will eventually cause the aircraft to break up in the air. All aircraft go through the same thing from the smallest homebuilt to A380s and C5As. If you've ever worked on aircraft, you know they are living breathing machine with personalities and the maintainers hate to see their lovely ladies retired. I spent 9 years in the Canadian Air Force working on CF-101 Voodoo fighter, CC-130 Hercules E and H models and the Boeing 707-347C transports.
Charles Damery, I agree with you on that. Cost more to upgrade airframes than its worth flying. I've had my share of turning wrenches on KC-135, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 787, CH47, CH54, OH-58, AH-6, UH1H, DC-3, MD-11, and many more.
Such a shame as they are so beautiful and noisy.
Charles Damery pardon me but Wtf is an air frame box
The air frame box is also know as the main wing box that holds the holds the whole aircraft together. It is a box that connect the left and right wings. Once that develops a crack it is too expensive to repair and you can't repair it. Just one wing removal requires engine removal; possible engine pylons that hold the engines; fuel lines disconnect; hydraulic lines disconnect times 2 on everything; fuel removal, etc. Let's not forget jig-jacking the aircraft so that it is plumed, which will not allow the aircraft airframe to buckle or twist. Once that one wing is removed; then re-check the jig - jacks so that the aircraft doesn't roll on you. As you can see it is way intense and involved than working on a vehicle. There was a RUclips video about the destruction of the Boeing 747 is still there; B-52G is there and C-5s - never mind it is gone.
what? this is my way home. after these, other aircraft. now some helo picks me up.
These planes could be repainted and modified as part of a large FEMA C-5 group based at Davis Monthan that could haul massive amounts of supplies to disaster areas immediately after a disaster. They could always be loaded and ready to go. Right now Puerto Rico (as of 10/2) is a major disaster because of Hurricane Maria and help is so slow getting there. Imagine the power behind these planes used for disaster relief! Instead of waiting on trucks or boats, C-5's come in to drop unbelievable amounts of supplies all at once, and repeat process as needed.
David Holcomb - Don’t give them any ideas, Puerto Rico is a worthless sponge nation that gets way too much free stuff from the US as it is.
its not just the paint that needs replacement....the aircraft are over 40 years old
how many 40 year old cars do you see driving on your daily commute to work.....not many i bet
loved the sound of those old engines . correct me if I'm wrong but old 747's used the same style engines
They did look similar but these are General Electric tf39 engines, which only application was the C5. The early 747s were powered by the Pratt and Whitney jt9d
correct me if I'm wrong but both engines sound alike
Completely different sound because of the 1 and half stage fan, gives the TF-39 that distinct sound
The Jt9D was far quieter and far deeper in sound
You're wrong. They were different engines and sound nothing like TF39.
I just curious, why USAF didn't convert all the C-5A into the M models. Instead they put them into Boneyard
Because the USAF don’t really need any more transport aircraft unfortunately, in fact they have an abundance of them.
Have some time on that machine.
Change the description. It's wrong. It's: "Tucson", not "Tuscan".
please excuse my naivety, but how do you guys get back from a final flight? Thx
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styldsteel1 I am flown back to bring another one to dah bone yard
walk lol
this is so messed up I wish I could by a c 5 A and just keep it in my yard! I lived on Ramstien Airbase in germany I was there when the c 5 crashed on take off I remember how the ground shook in the B X when it went down and all the lights fluttered on and off it was very noisy all the time with c 5s taking off and landing 24 hours a day I miss that
How many of them are left right now.
There are two left right now. Both will be retired by august of 2017
gags5503 that's next month! :(
I really want to see one fly over the Philly area before retirement.
gags5503 anyway which AFB are they at now?
C-5s are still flying...quite a few
Travis AFB, Westover ARB, Lackland AFB and Dover AFB are where C-5s are held.
Tucson
Retired: end of service life or just not needed any longer?
Too expensive to maintain and newer engines are much more efficient
This was a high time airplane
"Tuscan"!!? Don't count it as final flight until they cut it up.
why is this aircraft sent to died ?
Because it’s 48 Years old
@@gags5503 Oh dang. That's _OLD_ .
Not so much because of it's age.... probably had too many issues to upgrade spent many hours on the Galaxy love them
So sad
Too bad that the AF do not want to M the A models.
666 subscribers?
Looks brand new. They should have dedicated its use for Trump's trip to Mar a Lago.
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Great aircraft and we will need it for the coming "Trump" war...
How's that war coming along?
@@Theonedjneohe's winning the war against the Democrats and will be reelected