Posted: 9/9/2012 9:30:36 AM EDT
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What an amazing man made craft.
Is it the biggest cargo mover we have ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtwZdBsa-ts&feature=related |
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What an amazing man made craft. Is the biggest cargo mover we have ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtwZdBsa-ts&feature=related Yeah. It's our biggest. No, the C-5 is. We still have to contract out the Russians An-225 for some stuff. 
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What an amazing man made craft. Is the biggest cargo mover we have ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtwZdBsa-ts&feature=related Yeah. It's our biggest. We still have to contract out the Russians An-225 for some stuff. http://www.originalbuzz.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2-Antonov-An-225-Mriya.jpg Uhh................what about the C-5? ETA: not that it is bigger than that Russian monstrosity, but that it is our biggest. |
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What an amazing man made craft. Is the biggest cargo mover we have ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtwZdBsa-ts&feature=related Yeah. It's our biggest. We still have to contract out the Russians An-225 for some stuff. http://www.originalbuzz.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2-Antonov-An-225-Mriya.jpg Uhh................what about the C-5? C5 is a pile of shat- constant breaking- if it squats, its broke. 17 is a nice plane. |
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Jumping from a C 17 is infinitely better than jumping from a C 130 too. C17 is a Cadillac compared to other jump platforms. For me, it depends on where you are at. If I'm a jumping JM, or #1 jumper, I'd rather be in a 130. Hanging out of a C-17 doesn't turn me on like hanging from a 130. Everything else...yeah, C-17 all the way. |
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Here's one of ours that I snapped this summer. http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3998/dsc01625h.jpg how big is this compared to a 747 ? |
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Here's one of ours that I snapped this summer. http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3998/dsc01625h.jpg how big is this compared to a 747 ? Considerably smaller. |
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We had a C-17 land at Peter O Knight Airport by mistake. The main runway has the same heading as MacDill, but it's a quarter of the length 3500 feet.  http://youtu.be/y1Hp6IHFsZo
Good thing no one else was trying to land where they were supposed to at that exact same time. The C17 can stop pretty fast too, the guy in the video obviously has little knowledge of its capabilities. |
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We had a C-17 land at Peter O Knight Airport by mistake. The main runway has the same heading as MacDill, but it's a quarter of the length at 3500 feet. http://youtu.be/y1Hp6IHFsZo
One of my favorite cargo planes. Seeing it's short takeoff/landing capabilities and short turn radius in person is amazing. |
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We had a C-17 land at Peter O Knight Airport by mistake. The main runway has the same heading as MacDill, but it's a quarter of the length 3500 feet. http://youtu.be/y1Hp6IHFsZo
Good thing no one else was trying to land where they were supposed to at that exact same time. The C17 can stop pretty fast too, the guy in the video obviously has little knowledge of its capabilities. yep–– but you can bet there qwas a differnt crew taking off.... 
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We had a C-17 land at Peter O Knight Airport by mistake. The main runway has the same heading as MacDill, but it's a quarter of the length 3500 feet. http://youtu.be/y1Hp6IHFsZo
Good thing no one else was trying to land where they were supposed to at that exact same time. The C17 can stop pretty fast too, the guy in the video obviously has little knowledge of its capabilities. yep–– but you can bet there qwas a differnt crew taking off.... That thing jumped right off the runway there. Looks like early morning? lowest temp for performance. Sucked the gear up quick too. Hope the original flight crew didn't get hammered too bad. |
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Quoted: I assume it doesn't look good on a resume?Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: We had a C-17 land at Peter O Knight Airport by mistake. The main runway has the same heading as MacDill, but it's a quarter of the length 3500 feet. http://youtu.be/y1Hp6IHFsZoGood thing no one else was trying to land where they were supposed to at that exact same time. The C17 can stop pretty fast too, the guy in the video obviously has little knowledge of its capabilities. yep–– but you can bet there qwas a differnt crew taking off.... That thing jumped right off the runway there. Looks like early morning? lowest temp for performance. Sucked the gear up quick too. Hope the original flight crew didn't get hammered too bad. |
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The cargo bay cross section is just a little larger than a C-5. I was impressed by the integrated cargo handling, it's really slick. Anyway, the C-17 is in the same class as the DC-3 and C-130, a truely great airplane. Barney is a great airplane it just lacks in the fuel department if it isn't an ER model. I build 4 - 8 cargo missions a day for -17s and -5s. The -5 can take a shitton of cargo but... they break. A lot. C17s are much more reliable. |
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Try the 'supper guppy' that was designed and built to carry pieces of the first stage of the Saturn 5 rocket. Not as much weight, but a HUGE volume. The Saturn V first stage was transported via barge. 
The "guppy" aircraft are designed to transport large fuselage sections. Airbus Guppy, oops  .
Boeing Dreamlifter, modified 747, hauls 787 fuselage sections 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: We had a C-17 land at Peter O Knight Airport by mistake. The main runway has the same heading as MacDill, but it's a quarter of the length 3500 feet. http://youtu.be/y1Hp6IHFsZoGood thing no one else was trying to land where they were supposed to at that exact same time. The C17 can stop pretty fast too, the guy in the video obviously has little knowledge of its capabilities. yep–– but you can bet there qwas a differnt crew taking off.... That thing jumped right off the runway there. Looks like early morning? lowest temp for performance. Sucked the gear up quick too. Hope the original flight crew didn't get hammered too bad. It was late that same day. The C-17's size shut down the bug smasher airfield, so it had to leave ASAP. They offloaded a bunch of stuff to get the weight down, and then flew it to MacDill, five miles away. And yes, it was a different crew. One that was not under investigation. |
