[Joe 6-pack]

One figure that always impressed me is that the cargo bay of the C5 is 143’, or 23’ longer than the Wright brothers’ first powered flight.

[Tell It Right]

Thanks for the perspective on the size.

[jagusafr]

I remember reading the news report on its first landing at Edwards: “The aircraft lost four tires on landing, but landed safely on the other 26”. Love this plane, it delivered a bootleg windshield to me for my Dodge Ramcharger in Panama and took me, The Colonel’s (then Captain’s) wife and our 3-month-old daughter home through the sniper fire during Operation Just Cause.

Colonel, USAF JAGC (Ret)