"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 04/28/2017 at 22:13 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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I also thought, “They call you Hercules huh?” would be good.

HammerheadFistpunch > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:16

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Do you even heavy lift?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch 04/28/2017 at 22:19

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Dusty Ventures > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:22

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Damn, I can’t tell if that C-5 is one of ours. It might be, stripe color is right.

wafflesnfalafel > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:24

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The AC-130 might beg to differ. (“oh you don’t have any cannon?”)

Aremmes > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:24

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Om nom nom nom

Also accepted:

Here comes the widdle plane! Open wiiideeeee! *airplane noises*

Aremmes > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:29

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I used to see C-5s flying in and out of NAS JRB Willow Grove on at least a weekly basis. Not the noisiest planes, but during initial climb they produce a hideous scream like they’re about to rip the earth open. Crazy huge beasts.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:33

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I watched these little guys do touch and goes last fall, that was fun.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Aremmes 04/28/2017 at 22:34

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I only rode in one a couple times. They are pretty insane.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > wafflesnfalafel 04/28/2017 at 22:35

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I was in the Marines so ours had teeth.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/28/2017 at 22:38

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I would see C-17s where I was since they can land in the types of places I was...

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:41

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I watched about 8 C-130s fly over my apartment at low altitude, it was so freaking cool. Can’t imagine what a C-5 would look like.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:43

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The ones I saw were at an air national guard base in Guernsey Wyoming.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/28/2017 at 22:45

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Oh yeah, I’ve been up 25 from CO a few times. Travis AFB out by Sacramento has C5s, if you drive to Lake Tahoe you sometimes see them.

Viggen > Dusty Ventures 04/28/2017 at 22:47

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It’s from the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, WV.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 04/28/2017 at 22:47

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We get the Coast Guard ones here. Last year I saw a B-52 fly north of me, right off my deck I was like, wtf, unmistakable profile on that plane, pretty weird to be around here near SF.

Viggen > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:49

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C-17s are a pretty fun ride in a combat zone as well.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Viggen 04/28/2017 at 22:50

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Oh yeah it’s a hoot.

Viggen > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 22:54

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Wasn’t a fan of wearing full kit on the flight in. Woke up with a stiff neck from my damn ACH and not knowing the C-17's troop seats are adjustable.

Dusty Ventures > Viggen 04/28/2017 at 22:54

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Rats. Never mind then

Viggen > Dusty Ventures 04/28/2017 at 22:55

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I know. Would’ve been cool to see the Patriot Wing in a meme.

Dusty Ventures > Viggen 04/28/2017 at 22:58

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Patriot Wing best Wing

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Viggen 04/28/2017 at 23:00

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It’s pretty uncomfortable wearing all that crap in some aircraft. I was at Manas a lot, I switched to the DIA at the end and we had better planes.

Dusty Ventures > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 04/28/2017 at 23:03

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The air base five miles from my house (and across the street from my job) has C-5's, and they’re in the air a good 3-4 days a week (and have been all my life). One of my earliest memories was going to the little beach in a state park next to the base. Every now and then one would fly directly over at low altitude and momentarily shade the entire beach. It was my favorite part of going there.

Viggen > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 23:04

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Aw Manas. I only got to spend about 36 hours there. We went to MK in Romania on the way home.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 04/28/2017 at 23:08

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Watching one take off just looks unnatural. I imagine it’s a similar feeling to when people saw the Wright Brother’s fly for the first time.

Matsayz > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 23:12

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My buddy just retrained from being an EC-130 flight engineer to C-5 flight engineer, he loves it.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Matsayz 04/28/2017 at 23:20

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Yeah it’s probably pretty cool. I used to jump out of planes more than I landed in them.

RallyWrench > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/28/2017 at 23:46

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A C5 did the flyover at Laguna Seca for ALMS some years back, it must have been at damn near stall speed in a low bank, I thought it was going to fall out of the sky before they firewalled it and climbed out. Damn impressive.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 04/28/2017 at 23:58

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The Air Force does C-5 training at Lackland here in San Antonio, so they are in the sky CONSTANTLY. Here are a few phone photos I took back in November of one flying over my neighbor’s house. You never really quite get used to them. They are so huge and ungainly that even when they are up fairly high they look like they are about to drop out of the sky. I work close to the base under the landing path and I feel like they are about to just land on IH-410 during rush hour, but they are probably still 1,000 ft. up.

random001 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/29/2017 at 02:13

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Been watching C-17's take off all day. WEll, those, and F-15s, F-16s, F-22s, and F-35s.....

Liam Farrell > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 04/29/2017 at 10:22

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There was once a B-2 that flew at very low altitude probably 500 feet. It was just like a giant black bat. It was probably the coolest thing I have ever seen.  

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Liam Farrell 04/29/2017 at 12:14

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I’ve seen B-2s flying before, they’re just so unnatural looking. Like a kite without lines.