LEGENDARY
C5
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
The Galaxy
“If it fits, it ships. And everything fits.”
Lockheed · military
Length
247 ft 1 in
Wingspan
222 ft 9 in
Max speed
462 kts
Range
5,524 nmi
Ceiling
34,000 ft
Engines
4x GE CF6-80C2
Crew
7
Payload
281,000 lbs
First flight
1968
In service
1970–present
Built
131
The C-5 Galaxy is absolutely enormous — it can swallow two M1 Abrams tanks, six Apache helicopters, or an entire mobile hospital. The nose opens, the tail opens, and the impossible becomes routine.
Fun fact
The C-5's cargo compartment is 121 feet long — longer than the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk (120 feet).
How to spot one
Absolutely enormous. T-tail, four engines, nose opens UP for front cargo loading. Can swallow two M1 Abrams tanks.
Crews call it
FRED (Fantastic Ridiculous Economic Disaster)
Sounds like
Four CF6 engines on the largest US military aircraft — the takeoff rumble shakes the ground
One might be overhead right now.
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