The caption of the picture at the link reads: "'Securing the future' LA CEIBA, Honduras (AFPN) -- Crew members move a UH-60 Black Hawk off of a C-5 Galaxy in La Ceiba, Honduras. The C-5, from the 105th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, delivered three Black Hawks and a Humvee for the "New Horizons 2006 -- Honduras" joint training exercise. The Black Hawks, deployed here from the New York Army National Guard's 3-142 Aviation Battalion, will provide transport and emergency evacuation support for New Horizons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Mike Chillstrom)."
The C-5 is the largest transport plane in the US Air Force's inventory, and it takes off and lands in what seems to be slow motion. You stand there, watching it, and your brain is telling you the thing is too durn big to be in the air.
An amazing sight.
Mr. Sam Cree ... Mr. Ksen ...
I've seen the big transport planes...but not these big guys! Awesome!
The ones I have seen also seem incredible...
I bet lots of people in the SA area wave at the guys flying over...I am a bit of a novelty to the Tulsa guys, I think...
Yah... the C-5 is a big sucker. We've still got a few that fly out of McChord AFB down by the beach. I think. There used to be a lot of them there, along with the old C-141 Starlifters.
Now there's mostly the new C-17's and we see pretty regular traffic of those guys going in and out over the Pacific routes.
Afternoon folkses... :-)
My week is over! [sip]
sittin' at da airport bar agin. SFO... headin' home.
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