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Scale 1:160   Length 18.5"   Wingspan 16.5"
Scale 1:220   Length 13.5"   Wingspan 12.2"

The gigantic C-5 Galaxy, with its tremendous payload capability,  contributes (with the C-17 Globemaster III and the C-141 Starlifter)  to provide the Air Mobility Command  concept of strategic airlift.  The idea of strategic airlift is to place fully-equipped and combat-ready military units anywhere in the world on short notice, and then provide field support to help sustain the fighting force.

Lockheed-Georgia delivered the first operational Galaxy, the C-5A, in June l970 and by March 1989 the last of 50 C-5B aircraft were added to the 76 C-5As in the Air Force's airlift force structure.

The C-5 is one of the largest aircraft in the world. It can carry outsize and oversize cargo to intercontinental distances and can take off or land in relatively short distances. The Galaxy carries nearly all of the Army's combat equipment - including such bulky items as its 74-ton mobile scissors bridge - from the United States to any theater of combat on the globe. Four TF39 turbofan engines power the big C-5, rated at 43,000 pounds thrust each. The Galaxy has 12 internal wing tanks with a total capacity of 51,150 gallons. A full fuel load weighs 332,500 pounds. A C-5 with a cargo load of 270,000 pounds 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.

Other features of the C-5 are:
* Able to take off fully loaded within 8,300 feet and land within 4,900 feet.
* High flotation landing gear with 28 wheels sharing the weight.
* Nose and aft doors that open the full width and height of the cargo compartment to permit faster and easier loading.
* A "kneeling" landing gear system that permits lowering of the parked aircraft so the cargo floor is at truck-bed height or to facilitate vehicle loading and unloading.
* Full width drive-on ramps at each end for loading double rows of vehicles.
* A system that records and analyzes information and detects malfunctions in more than 800 test points.

Crew:         Pilot, co-pilot, 2 engineers + 3 loadmasters
Length:      247 ft
Wingspan: 223 ft
Height:      65 ft
Cargo:       270,000 pounds -36 pallets
Speed:       518 mph
Range:      6,320 nautical miles (empty)

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