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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air ...
The C-5M, with a cargo load of 281,001 pounds (127,460 kilograms), can fly 2,150 nautical miles, offload, and fly to a second base 500 nautical miles away from the original destination — all without aerial refueling. With aerial refueling, the aircraft's range is limited only by crew endurance.
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a four-engine heavy military transport aircraft with a maximum payload of 122.472 kg (270.000 lbs) produced by the US-American manufacturer Lockheed Corporation, today Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company. The C-5 Galaxy is equipped with nose and tail cargo doors.
Power Plant: Four F-138-GE100 General Electric engines. Thrust: 51,250 pounds per engine. Wingspan: 222 feet 9 inches (67.89 meters) Length: 247 feet 10 inches (75.3 meters)
The C-5 has 12 internal wing tanks with a total capacity of 51,150 gallons (194,370 liters) of fuel — enough to fill 6 1/2 regular-size railroad tank cars. A full fuel load weighs 332,500 pounds (150,820 kilograms).
The C-5B is capable of carrying a maximum payload of 118,387 kg to the range of 5,526 km, which can be extended by refueling on flight. The heavy logistics transport aircraft has a cantilevered high-wing monoplane design with an aluminum alloy semi-monocoque body.
Accommodating a crew of seven and an empty weight of 380,000 pounds, the plane is more than 247 feet long and 65 feet high and its wingspan is over 222 feet. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 920,000 pounds and comes with four General Electric CF6-80C2 high-bypass turbofan engines. It also has a cruise speed of 518 mph, or MACH 0.77.
The newest C-5M Super Galaxy has the capability to lift two M1 Abrams tanks and can transport nearly a company of troops and gear anywhere in the world with aerial refueling. The C-5 is...
Four TF39 turbofan engines power the big C-5, rated at 43,000 pounds thrust each. They weigh 7,900 pounds (3,555 kilograms) each and have an air intake diameter of more than 8.5 feet (2.6 meters). Each engine pod is nearly 27 feet long (8.2 meters).
As the Air Force’s largest and only strategic airlifter, the C-5 Galaxy can carry more cargo farther distances than any other aircraft. With a payload of six Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) or up to five helicopters, the C-5 can haul twice as much cargo as any other airlifter.