[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Thanks. That C-5 is definitely the big daddy. When they work on them at Warner-Robins AFB, they put the jet on jackstands. They do this to replace the landing gear, and then cycle the gear (repeatly extend and retract it) to make sure it works right. Walking around those jets on jackstands takes me back to my Navy days seeing ships in drydock.

I love the last pic, linked from the USAF's official website, because it gives you a good idea of the size of the C-5. It's very close to the length of a football field and the cockpit is 27 feet off the ground. What's really amazing to me is that this plane's top speed is 570 MPH!

[Gabz]

I love the C-5s.

We lived in one of the flight patterns of Dover Air Force Base, home to so many of them, and I really miss hearing them. in fact, other than friends, the sound of those engines is about the only thing I miss not living in Dover :)