C-5 Military Transport

Jack'll do · August 22, 2008

Went to a car show near an air force base yesterday and caught this behemouth taking off. I was focusing on a car when I heard the roar, swung the camera up and panned to get this. (probably why the focus isn't spot on :rolleyes Last 3 mages cropped at 100%

D80 18-135mm at i35mm f/5.6 @ 1/320 iso 100

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3. Notice the vapor condensing off the trailing edge.

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black mamba · August 22, 2008

Hi Jack,

I see these things coming in and out of NAS in Jacksonville every now and then. They're so huge that, when in the landing pattern, they seem to be flying in slow-motion. It looks like they will fall out of the sky at any moment.

Tom

Skippy · August 23, 2008

Jack'll do wrote:

Went to a car show near an air force base yesterday and caught this behemouth taking off. I was focusing on a car when I heard the roar, swung the camera up and panned to get this. (probably why the focus isn't spot on Last 3 mages cropped at 100%

D80 18-135mm at i35mm f/5.6 @ 1/320 iso 100
Notice the vapor condensing off the trailing edge.

That was an added bonus to your Car Show wasn't it Jack.
What's this type of Craft used for? do you know?
Looks a decent size ..... Good One

.... Skippy

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Jack'll do · August 24, 2008

black mamba wrote:

Hi Jack,

I see these things coming in and out of NAS in Jacksonville every now and then. They're so huge that, when in the landing pattern, they seem to be flying in slow-motion. It looks like they will fall out of the sky at any moment.

Tom

Hi Tom
They do seem to move awfully slowly on take off. I am always amazed that they remain aloft!

Jack'll do · August 24, 2008

Skippy wrote:

That was an added bonus to your Car Show wasn't it Jack.
What's this type of Craft used for? do you know?
Looks a decent size ..... Good One .... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy. These are used to transport heavy equipment such as helicopters and armored vehicles. As for size these links will give you an idea. The cargo area is as long as a football field (100 yards, 91.5meters)

See this

and this

puzzledpaul · August 24, 2008

<< The cargo area is as long as a football field (100 yards, 91.5meters) >>

Doesn't seem to match up with the info here ...

http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/c5_specs.asp

pp

redleash · August 24, 2008

We see a lot of these flying around here, out of Lackland AFB. I flew on one to Germany once. I don't know the specs, but I can say that when I was only halfway up the steps to the passenger compartment, I looked down and thought "Wow, I'm up as high as any commercial airliner I've ever climbed into and I'm only halfway up!" It is one big jet!!

Nice shots!

Lauren

Jack'll do · August 24, 2008

puzzledpaul wrote:

<< The cargo area is as long as a football field (100 yards, 91.5meters) >>

Doesn't seem to match up with the info here ...

http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/c5_specs.asp

pp

You are aparently correct although I did find that statement on what I thought was a reputable site. However I too have now found the following.

"Cargo Compartment: height , 13.5 feet (4.11 meters); width, 19 feet (5.79 meters); length, 143 feet, 9 in (43.8 meters)"

This on the official US Airforce website.

Jack'll do · August 24, 2008

redleash wrote:

We see a lot of these flying around here, out of Lackland AFB. I flew on one to Germany once. I don't know the specs, but I can say that when I was only halfway up the steps to the passenger compartment, I looked down and thought "Wow, I'm up as high as any commercial airliner I've ever climbed into and I'm only halfway up!" It is one big jet!!

Nice shots!

Lauren

Thanks Lauren. Looking at the size of the cockpit windshields in the first two photos give an idea of the massive size of the fuselage.

puzzledpaul · August 25, 2008

Hmmm ... interesting difference - makes one wonder how they were measured and from what points etc ... and whether anything to do with versions...

Anyway, it's a big piece of kit by anyone's standards

(I'm no a/c nerd - but looked at the 100yds and thought 'that's 4 x the length of our garden - that's big ... and decided to have a shufties ...)

Nice pics, btw

pp

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