Perhaps the wildest version of the C-5 Galaxy never came to be. The L-500 was envisioned as a civilian airliner with space for an astonishing 844 passengers, 50 percent more than today’s Airbus 380.

The C-5 Galaxy, designed in the 1960s to replace the C-133 Cargomaster and complement the smaller C-141 Starlifter, had a difficult design period. Wing fractures prevented the aircraft from being ...

Meet the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy—the biggest military airplane in the U.S. Air Force and one of the most powerful planes ever built. In this documentary-style video, we dive deep into the awe ...

At 222 feet across, almost 300 feet in length, and 65 feet tall, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is the largest plane in the US Air Force.

The C-5 Galaxy’s Vast Cargo Hold. The C-5 has high-set wings and a high T-shaped vertical stabilizer. For propulsion the C-5 relies upon four turbofan engines.

The C-5 Galaxy is, understandably, a heavy load in and of itself, as the jets take flight with a reported operating weight of 374,000 pounds. Per some reports, ...

Although it didn't make it to something more than a test, the mobile ICBM concept saw C-5 carry and drop a Minuteman missile. In 1974, the U.S. thought that the best way to preserve its ICBMs ...

Air Mobility Command has grounded the C-5 Galaxy cargo planes operating at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after a nose landing-gear unit malfunctioned for the second time in 60 days.

So yes, to some eyes, including my own, a C-5 Galaxy taking off does seem like a huge metal whale soaring to the sky, looking so massive it makes one wonder how is it possible for it to fly, let ...

After publishing a series of posts about the C-5 Galaxy, readers have sent me a lot of interesting links to both articles and videos of the gigantic U.S. Air Force cargo plane. The one in this ...

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Two CH-47H Chinook helicopters were loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane and flown nearly 10,000 miles to Australia, the U.S. Air Force said on Monday.