Resurrected This Bad Boy from my Backup! Lockheed Galaxy C5

For being as large as he is, he certainly flies like a "Gentle Ben!"

 

 

Rick :cool:

Hey! That's the time of big machines! :):) Great plane!

Thanks Gerard!

 

Rick :cool:

Big One indeed Rick, feel free to post more of it! :eek::cool::cool:

I definitely need to get one and flying around. Just got myself into a couple other things at the moment!

 

Looks great Rick!

Nice C5 Rick. I've always liked how well those large birds fly. :cool: :cool:

I just saw a 1 hour program about the C5 on the Smithsonian Channel and they mentioned that for every 1 hour of flight time 46 hours of maintenance was required. Lots of time and money to keep that big guy in the air!:p

Thanks guy for all the nice comments. It is a marvel to see something this big fly as stable as it does!

 

Larry - I can believe the part about for every 1 hour flight time, takes 46 hours of maintenance. You would probably have several teams to do maintenance: electrical, structural, mechanical, avionics, hydraulics and the list probably goes on and on and on! It is a terrifically designed aircraft, but it does come at additional costs in keeping them flying!

 

Thanks - Rick :cool:

Yes indeed! But what a great plane!