Panther_99FS
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Took this earlier today....
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Sweet!!!
Railrunner130
Charter Member
Nice shot! Kinda makes you wish you were in the tire business though....
Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
Jagdflieger
Jr. Admin
C-5 Galaxy
Great photos Panther.
Coincidently this morning I was jogging down the length of the air base that I'm at right now and there was a C-5 parked on the ramp behind a much newer C-17 Globmaster III. It was interesting to stop and compare the two in close proximity. Another coincidence is the plane that I looked at today is from the same unit as the one in your photos from today.
The C-5 has the most distinctive sound of any jet that I've ever heard when it flies overhead, although you don't notice it when actually flying in the plane. I guess it's the big blades on the compressor stage that provide the by-pass air around the engines. With the airframes on most C-5s approaching 40 years of age, there was some talk of upgrading those engines last year as I recall. Anyone hear anything about that?
Great photos Panther.
Coincidently this morning I was jogging down the length of the air base that I'm at right now and there was a C-5 parked on the ramp behind a much newer C-17 Globmaster III. It was interesting to stop and compare the two in close proximity. Another coincidence is the plane that I looked at today is from the same unit as the one in your photos from today.
The C-5 has the most distinctive sound of any jet that I've ever heard when it flies overhead, although you don't notice it when actually flying in the plane. I guess it's the big blades on the compressor stage that provide the by-pass air around the engines. With the airframes on most C-5s approaching 40 years of age, there was some talk of upgrading those engines last year as I recall. Anyone hear anything about that?