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Thursday, October 20, 2005

This is Fred.











I can attest to the size of this monster, I had a chance to walk into one and you can almost put a basketball court inside.

The C-5 aircraft can hold

Additionally,

  • The cargo compartment is big enough for an eight-lane bowling alley.
  • The length of the cargo compartment is longer than the distance flown during the Wright brothers' first flight.
  • The C-5 fuel load is almost equal to the gross weight of a C-141 Starlifter.
  • The rudder area is the same as the wing area on the F-104G aircraft.
  • The paint weighs 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms).
  • The C-5 contains more than 103 miles (165 km) of wire, 4 miles (6 km) of tubing, and 5 miles (8 km) of control cables.
  • Each TF-39 engine gulps approximately 42 short tons (38 metric tons) of air per minute.
  • Each tire wears down approximately 0.002 inch (0.05 mm) per landing.
  • Each engine total power output equals the power produced by 800 average automobiles combined.
  • The C-5 is also known as FRED (Fucking Ridiculous Economic Disaster) by its crews
  • The aircraft averages 16 hours of maintenance for every hour in the air.
  • The Air Force expects to still be using C5s in the 2040s.

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