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chicodude

chicodude

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> > > Four C-130 transports, full of dignitaries
> > >
> > > and other stuff, were flown to Textron's
> > >
> > > airfield outside Dallas, for the roll out
> > >
> > > of the CV-22 aircraft. The people arranging
> > >
> > > the ceremonies were warned that the runway
> > >
> > > could not handle an aircraft as heavy as
> > >
> > > the C-130. These warnings were ignored.






 
Transcend

Transcend

My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
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And a C130 is tiny....you should see what happenned at an air show near my parents place when they decided to land a C-5 Galaxy on a runway that was not even close to being able to handle it....
 
N8 v2.0

N8 v2.0

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Yeah those suckers are huge but the weight is spread out over lots and lots of wheels... not so with the U2 which has only 4 wheels.
 
stosh

stosh

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They fly the c5's into the airport by my house. My buddy spent the weekend cleaning one (he's in the reserves).
I'd rather get a free pontiac from Opra than wash a C5
 
stosh

stosh

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Bwahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I wonder if the owners manual says what to do in this kind of situation.

 
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stosh said:
They fly the c5's into the airport by my house. My buddy spent the weekend cleaning one (he's in the reserves).
I'd rather get a free pontiac from Opra than wash a C5
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Uhm - this thread is about C-130s.
 
J

JRB

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Uhhh - ok

Four C-130 transports, full of dignitaries and other stuff, were flown to Textron's airfield outside Dallas, for the roll out of the CV-22 aircraft. The people arranging the ceremonies were warned that the runway could not handle an aircraft as heavy as the C-130. These warnings were ignored.
 
stosh

stosh

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loco-gringo said:
Uhhh - ok

Four C-130 transports, full of dignitaries and other stuff, were flown to Textron's airfield outside Dallas, for the roll out of the CV-22 aircraft. The people arranging the ceremonies were warned that the runway could not handle an aircraft as heavy as the C-130. These warnings were ignored.
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imagine someone actually used the words "other stuff" in an article the wrote.
 
Repack

Repack

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Transcend said:
That would be the one. Second largest transport in thr world i think behind that funky looking russian topulov one.
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I think that technically that is not true. The Russian equivalent is larger, but they also have a one-off aircraft designed to haul around their now-defunct shuttle orbiter that is even bigger.
I believe that the actual cargo capacity of a C-5 is somewhere over 150 tons- just high enough to carry 2 M-1 tanks.
One of my neighbors is a retired C-5 pilot.
 
dhtahoe

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Repack said:
I think that technically that is not true. The Russian equivalent is larger, but they also have a one-off aircraft designed to haul around their now-defunct shuttle orbiter that is even bigger.
I believe that the actual cargo capacity of a C-5 is somewhere over 150 tons- just high enough to carry 2 M-1 tanks.
One of my neighbors is a retired C-5 pilot.
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Here ya go it's called an Antonov AN-225 Dream.
Over 15olbs of rubber go up in smoke EVERYTIME it lands!!! :eek:
 
chicodude

chicodude

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Dimensions: span 88.4m (290ft); length 84.0 m (275ft 7 in). height 18.1 m (59 ft 43/4 in); tailplane span 32.65 m (107ft 11/2in); length of freight hold 43 m (141 ft
 
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