Documentary C5 Galaxy 8pm C5 Tonight.
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Hi chaps. Hope this isn't a re-post only I don't venture into this forum that often.
As per title. On Five this evening at 8; Megastructures. Documentary profiling the C5 Galaxy, the biggest plane in America's military arsenal. Able to fly non-stop to nearly any point on the globe.
Thought it worth a mention.
As per title. On Five this evening at 8; Megastructures. Documentary profiling the C5 Galaxy, the biggest plane in America's military arsenal. Able to fly non-stop to nearly any point on the globe.
Thought it worth a mention.
Interesting - sort of. The narration did seem to be aimed at 7 year olds.
Why did he keep calling it the Galaxy C-5? It's never referred to in that way. It's actually the C-5 Galaxy.
And they should have mentioned a bit more about the development history such as the fact that it the winner of the USAF C-X competition and beat its two big rivals, Douglas and Boeing.
Why did he keep calling it the Galaxy C-5? It's never referred to in that way. It's actually the C-5 Galaxy.
And they should have mentioned a bit more about the development history such as the fact that it the winner of the USAF C-X competition and beat its two big rivals, Douglas and Boeing.
And they always looked good in the old white and grey livery. They also sound weird when taxying. The engines issue a distinctive wailing noise - which you just about picked up in the film.
I well remember a fleet of C-5s coming into Dublin Airport in 1978 to airlift an Irish Army contingent to Israel for Lebanese peace keeping duties. It was awesome to stand at the end of the old Runway 24 at Dublin watching a C-5 crab its way in almost sideways in a strong crosswind. The C-5 has a swivelling main undercarriage which means that it can actually land with nthe fuselage over 30 degrees off the runway line. I don't think that was mentioned either.
I well remember a fleet of C-5s coming into Dublin Airport in 1978 to airlift an Irish Army contingent to Israel for Lebanese peace keeping duties. It was awesome to stand at the end of the old Runway 24 at Dublin watching a C-5 crab its way in almost sideways in a strong crosswind. The C-5 has a swivelling main undercarriage which means that it can actually land with nthe fuselage over 30 degrees off the runway line. I don't think that was mentioned either.
Eric Mc said:
And they always looked good in the old white and grey livery. They also sound weird when taxying. The engines issue a distinctive wailing noise - which you just about picked up in the film.
I well remember a fleet of C-5s coming into Dublin Airport in 1978 to airlift an Irish Army contingent to Israel for Lebanese peace keeping duties. It was awesome to stand at the end of the old Runway 24 at Dublin watching a C-5 crab its way in almost sideways in a strong crosswind. The C-5 has a swivelling main undercarriage which means that it can actually land with nthe fuselage over 30 degrees off the runway line. I don't think that was mentioned either.
You expect that kind of detail to be mentioned? I'm sure they said it could fit two battle tanks in and also that the 50ton load was pushing it to its limits. Either they can get the tanks in and not go anywhere or it was no-where near its limits. A shame- it could have been so interesting if they hadn't felt the need to repeat the introduction after the advert break and aim everything at 5year olds.I well remember a fleet of C-5s coming into Dublin Airport in 1978 to airlift an Irish Army contingent to Israel for Lebanese peace keeping duties. It was awesome to stand at the end of the old Runway 24 at Dublin watching a C-5 crab its way in almost sideways in a strong crosswind. The C-5 has a swivelling main undercarriage which means that it can actually land with nthe fuselage over 30 degrees off the runway line. I don't think that was mentioned either.
They mentioned some things three or four times - so there was plenty of room for a few additional facts about the aircraft.
They also didn't mention the fact that the current oprational version is the C-5B, which are a combination of new builds from the 1980s and upgraded 1960s C-5As.
It could have been so much better.
They also didn't mention the fact that the current oprational version is the C-5B, which are a combination of new builds from the 1980s and upgraded 1960s C-5As.
It could have been so much better.
Eric Mc said:
It could have been so much better.
I thought it was full of the usual sensationalist drivel so prevalent in British TV these days. For example: "the main runway at Charleston is only a mile and a half long. So the crew will need to get a move on if they are not to run out of road."Only a mile and a half? That's 9000 ft you twonk, the same as RAF Waddington.
The programme was also full of factual errors from the rubbish about the T/O being like a drag launch with power against brakes when you could clearly hear the flying pilot briefing a 'Rolling T/O', to the utter tripe that the a/c needs 120 mph Groundspeed to get airborne. No it bloody doesn't, it needs 120 kts IAS (shock horror it's so fast!) and that is 4 kts below the V1 Stop Go Decision speed of a Nimrod at Max T/O weight and 26 kts below the Vr for the Nimrod.
Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Thursday 12th August 21:39
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Only a mile and a half? That's 9000 ft you twonk, the same as RAF Waddington.
I was trying to work out how that compared to say Heathrow or something meaningful to most people and gave up at 'long' rather than short as they seemed to want to make out.I fully agree about the repetition Eric..it was almost like they were encouraging us to learn by rote. I did notice in the credits it was National geographic (American?) but couldn't make out the year- 2005?
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