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50. The C-5 Galaxy is the largest transport aircraft in the Air Force. This flying warehouse can deliver supplies or deploy combat-ready military units anywhere in the world. With record breaking size and half a century of service, the C-5 is easily one of the most interesting military aircraft to ever be produced. Here are some incredible C-5 Galaxy facts.

 

 

49. The C-5 Galaxy is so large it takes 2,600 lbs of paint to paint the interior and exterior.

 

48. The total length of the C-5 Galaxy is 247 feet 10 inches.. Roughly the length of 7 school buses.

 

47. It's total wingspan is 222 feet 8 inches.

 

 

46. Each wing of the C-5 Galaxy weighs over 40,000 lbs.

 

45. The C-5 measures a massive 63 feet 2 inches tall.

 

44. The C-5 can carry 142 tons on 2 decks. The lower deck is for cargo and the upper deck has seating.

 

43. When empty, Lockheed's biggest military aircraft weighs 375,000 lbs.

 

42. When loaded, the C-5 Galaxy weighs 838,000. Well over double its empty weight

 

41. It's maximum takeoff weight is 769,000 lbs but 840,000 lbs during wartime.

 

40. When fully loaded the C-5 requires 8,300 feet of runway for takeoff and 4,900 feet for landing.

 

39. The maximum speed of the C-5 is 601 miles per hour and a cruising speed of 586.

 

38. The C-5 can fly at a height of 34,000 feet. Also known as its service ceiling.

 

37. The Galaxy's fuel capacity is 49,000 gallons, equal to the volume of an average five-room house.

 

 

36. The C-5 carries enough fuel for the average American car to make 31 trips around the world.

 

35. The C-5 has a range of 3,700 miles.

 

34. To power the Galaxy, each has 4 turbofan engines that measure 7 feet across.

 

33. The C-5 engines produce power equal to 800 average cars.

 

32. Each C-5 Galaxy engine consumes roughly 42 tons of air per minute.

 

31. C-5 systems require more than 100 miles of wiring and 5 miles of control cables.

 

30. The C-5 has roughly 1,658,800 fasteners.

 

29. The C-5 has a 24 ton cooling capacity which is enough to air condition eight average sized homes.

 

28. The C-5 Galaxy has 28 wheels. 4 in the front and 24 under the wings.

 

27. A singe tire on the C-5 weighs an average of 150.5 pounds. All 28 tires combine to weigh an astounding 4,214 pounds!

 

26. For cargo the C-5 loads through the nose versus through the back — opposite of the C-130 Hercules.

 

25. The length of the C-5 cargo floor is longer than the length of the Wright brothers first historic flight.

 

24. The C-5's cargo compartment will hold 6 standard Greyhound buses or 100 Volkswagen Beetles.

 

23. It's large enough to carry 5 Apache helicopters.

 

22. The C-5's cargo compartment is big enough to hold an eight-lane bowling alley.

 

 

21. To fill the C-5 it would take about 26,000,000 ping pong balls.

 

 

20. You could fit 328,000,000 aspirin tablets inside the C-5..

 

19. If you're hungry the C-5 can carry over 3,200,000 tortillas.

 

18. An entire Chinook transport helicopter can fit inside a C-5.

 

17. You can fit two M1 Abrams main battle tanks in the C-5. Each weighs 67 tons.

 

16. In the 1970s NASA considered using the C-5 to transport the Space Shuttle to Kennedy Space Center but they went with the Boeing 747 because of its low-wing design.

 

15. The C-5 goes by a few nicknames. F.R.E.D., Linda Lovelace, Fat Albert and Lockheed Hilton.

 

14. The USAF has operated the C-5 since 1969. A half a century.

 

13. The C-5 Galaxy's development was complicated and Lockheed suffered significant financial difficulties.

 

12. Cracks were found in the wings of many of the C-5 shortly after entering service.

 

11. A $1.5 billion re-wing program began in 1976 to restore full payload capability and service to C-5s.

 

10. Their are multiple variants of the C-5 Galaxy with unit costs ranging from $100 million to $224 million.

 

9. The C-5 Galaxy has a typical crew of 7. Aircraft commander, pilot, two flight engineers, three loadmasters.

 

8. The C-5 upper deck has seating for 75 passengers.

 

7. The front landing gear can rotate up to 20-degrees during take-off and landing and 90-degrees while landed.

 

6. The Galaxy uses its front landing gears to kneel for loading but this has been the cause of numerous malfunctions.

 

5. The C-5 has played a major role in many disaster relief efforts including Hurricane Katrina, Irma and others.

 

4. Three C-5 Galaxy aircraft have been lost in crashes.

 

3. There have also been two class-A C-5 losses as a result of ground fire.

 

2. Many C-5s have now been retired with others remaining in service.

 

 

1. The United States Air Force spearheaded a Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) to keep the C-5 in the air until 2040.

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