Big Russian cargo thingy
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Quite a difference between a c17 and a an225! Never realised just as much.
C5 is quite the heavy lifter too.
http://img12.deviantart.net/d70d/i/2012/058/7/4/co...c_225_vs_c_17_globemaster_iii2_by_inpcommander-d4r6kmn.jpg
C5 is quite the heavy lifter too.
http://img12.deviantart.net/d70d/i/2012/058/7/4/co...c_225_vs_c_17_globemaster_iii2_by_inpcommander-d4r6kmn.jpg
Eric Mc said:
The C-5 Galaxy was, for many years, the largest plane in the world. It was superseded in some aspects by the An-124 but the one off An 225 surpsses them all.
You can get a container lifter into a C-5...One of these bad boys!
It'll fit into a C-17 as well, though. Designed by Kalmar USA for US Military use, the UK MOD bought a bunch of them for service in Iraq/Afghanistan.
...you do have to pack it up a little first, but it's self contained and a mostly hydraulic operation to do it.
I remember the USAF flew heavy lift crane type vehicles into Dublin Airport in 1978 so they could load up the C-5As that were using to carry all the equipment the Irish Army needed when they were given the job of peace keeping in the Lebanon.
Here's one of the C-5s used taxying in at Dublin in May 1978 -
Here's one of the C-5s used taxying in at Dublin in May 1978 -
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