by "Jcarr" (jcarr)
Published 09/11/2017 at 12:02
by "Jcarr" (jcarr)
Published 09/11/2017 at 12:02
Tags: Planelopnik
STARS: 4
From now on the only way you’ll be able to hear the roar of 4 TF-39s clawing their way into the sky is by watching a video. The last active C-5A, tail number 70-0461 , took its final flight the other day, touching down at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson where it will be stored and most likely scavenged for parts before eventually surrendering to the scrappers.
Video below of her departing Westover ARB in Massachusetts and landing at Davis-Monthan.
Godspeed, you sonorous beast.
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"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
09/11/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 3
Climbing up to the passenger compartment of a C5 is an indelible memory of my time in the Navy. One other is seeing a Sea Dragon inside of a C5 that had its nose and tail open. A massive helicopter inside an even more massive airplane.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/11/2017 at 12:09, STARS: 3
That noise just makes me smile.
"Aremmes" (aremmes)
09/11/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 1
I saw them ocassionally landing at and taking off from NASJRB Willow Grove. This video doesn’t properly convey how demonic those engines sound even when throttled down.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
09/11/2017 at 12:15, STARS: 1
Oh yeah. I’ve had the privilege of witnessing it in person a handful of times over the years and it is an incredible sound and feeling.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 12:36, STARS: 14
We need one. Think of all the meets we could have.
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
09/11/2017 at 12:46, STARS: 1
I’ll fly it ... if one of you teaches me.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 12:48, STARS: 1
I have no doubt that we have the expertise here amongst us.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/11/2017 at 12:49, STARS: 2
Ultimate party bus.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
09/11/2017 at 12:49, STARS: 0
I volunteer! How hard could it be? :3
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
09/11/2017 at 12:51, STARS: 2
i’d be real handy for fast and furious 82 mile long type escapes too!
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
09/11/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 0
I think here you’re James May (knows shit) and I’m Clarkson (will blunder through because I think I know shit) ...
And how’s the garage situation?
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 1
I’m thinking of the epic bar we could put in.
"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
09/11/2017 at 12:55, STARS: 1
We could use it to secretly smuggle cars that violate the import ban in.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/11/2017 at 12:55, STARS: 1
Piano bar? NINE-FOOT FRIGGIN CONCERT GRAND, BABY!
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 12:56, STARS: 0
The Air Force thinks they put hours on that airframe. They’d have no idea...
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 12:56, STARS: 1
With zip ties to hold it down. Gotta have zip ties.
"McMike" (mcmike)
09/11/2017 at 13:04, STARS: 0
I can’t post photos on the network I’m currently on. If I could, I would be searching the shit out of internet for images of C-5s carrying huge loads.
We should be doing that. POST THE PHOTOS!
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/11/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 3
In air go-kart drag racing. Come on I know it’s possible. Internet says cargo hold is over 100 feet.
Also, ultimate party bus!
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 13:08, STARS: 0
I like the way you think. As long as the karts have cup holders for my drink.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/11/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 1
So google says it’s 121 feet before the ramps
So.... Bar/party area in the first 20 feet towards the nose. Have the tree just a little further back. Run all the way down to a big mass of foam at the end.
I think this can only end really, really well. Where’s my waiver to sign?
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 13:17, STARS: 0
The waiver includes language to absolve Oppo from any consequences of spontaneous barrel roles the pilot may or may not decide to execute based on real or imaginary air hazards. BYO helmet.
"AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC" (addictedtom3s)
09/11/2017 at 13:21, STARS: 1
We could party on the flight on the way to the meet.
"user314" (user314)
09/11/2017 at 13:23, STARS: 1
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/11/2017 at 13:25, STARS: 1
Seems reasonable. Just serve drinks in those spill proof kid cups. Because you’ll need them eventually, barrel roll or not.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 13:26, STARS: 0
That’s kinda required. Much of the cargo hold will be allocated for booze storage.
"McMike" (mcmike)
09/11/2017 at 13:29, STARS: 0
Hell yeah! Thank you!
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 13:30, STARS: 0
That’s no joke. I still keep a couple of sippy cups in the cabinet. Not saying anything else about that...
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
09/11/2017 at 13:35, STARS: 0
Sounds pretty accurate lol. We could have one of the Planelopnik guys be the co-pilot and (if applicable) engineer too! :D
As for the garage, better than ever!
http://smart.kinja.com/got-the-squad-together-for-the-first-time-1799367589
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/multi-car-update-weekend-1803137869
"AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC" (addictedtom3s)
09/11/2017 at 15:30, STARS: 1
Perfect. Perhaps we could even use part of the cargo hold for a flying cars and coffee. Call it, “Cars, cocktails, and C-5As”. We could even sell tickets for booze money.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 15:46, STARS: 0
Well we’ve already got a proposal for a go kart track. Could combine the two.
"BahamaTodd" (bahamatodd)
09/11/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 4
Nice video of a back to back takeoff of a C5-B and C5-M showing the difference in acceleration:
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
09/11/2017 at 17:09, STARS: 0
I love that. Incredible.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
09/11/2017 at 17:33, STARS: 1
I work across the street from Westover and live a few miles away. Even after 25+ years of them being in the sky 3+ days a week I still love watching the C-5s circle overhead.
"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
09/11/2017 at 17:55, STARS: 1
we could buy project cars all over the world and deliver them to us!
"rockingthe2" (unpredictable-swerve)
09/11/2017 at 18:14, STARS: 2
I have a healthy hatred for the C-5. Lived 300 feet under the flight path on Oahu (Rough life, i know) coming in for a landing. The commercial aircraft at all hours you got used to, not the C-5's, those things shook anything right off the walls. Had to replace a few phones back when mounting those to the wall was the cool thing to do. Also all our family pictures are in plexiglass frames instead of real glass too. Real fun on night ops at 4am ... sleeping soundly only to be awoken by a fucking freight train gargling steel bearings while shooting fully automatic weapons plowing through the sky a football field above you
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/11/2017 at 18:21, STARS: 0
Now that is truly a humanitarian mission!
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
09/11/2017 at 20:23, STARS: 1
Love the C-5! taken with ipotato
"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
09/11/2017 at 22:24, STARS: 0
What has it primarily been replaced with? The C-17?
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
09/12/2017 at 08:59, STARS: 1
Partially. There are still 50-some C-5s that have been upgrade to the M model that will be around for a good long while.