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C5 crashes near Dover AFB
ABC News
| 04/03/2006
Posted on 04/03/2006 5:10:20 AM PDT by Trust but Verify
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To: sargunner
Your're right Coop. The main passenger compartment is aft of the wing. So I'm right that I was wrong? :-) Seriously, I'm very glad to have been wrong about the compartment's location.
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:59:44 AM PDT
by
Coop
(Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
To: all4one
A/C length is 247 feet, wingspan 222.9 feet, height 65 feet.
The pic is a C17, not a C5.
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:59:49 AM PDT
by
Don Carlos
("Beer is proof God loves us". B. Franklin)
To: BulletBobCo
Can you tell from the pics/video feed if the gear was deployed?
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:00:32 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)
To: Mr Fowl
I live 100 miles south now, but until 3 years ago I lived less than a mile north of the base........so I know exactly what you are talking about regarding flying low.
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:00:51 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Smokers are the beta version)
To: Gabz
I was stationed at Ramstien when the C-5 went down there in 1991. I was renting an apartment in Ramstien Village about 1/2 mile from where she went in. Both my roomate and I were shaken out of our beds by the impact. Quite a shock at 3-4AM to be shaken awake by a huge rumble and Boom and then look out your window to see this huge Orange glow in the woods across the street.
I was tagged for crash site detail too. That was an experience I would like to forget but never will. I smelled like jet fuel for what seemed like weeks afterward. We were givem Masks, hip wader boots, gloves, trashbags, and little red flags. If it was metal we picked it up and put it in a bag, the red flags were to used to mark remains.
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:01:25 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: grjr21
Vertical stabilizer is gone....
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:01:56 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: ken5050
To: Heatseeker
WDEL just said AF officials are saying injuries, but no deaths (as of now)
108
posted on
04/03/2006 6:02:48 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Smokers are the beta version)
To: ken5050
Can't really tell Ken, but it looks like they tried to Belly it into the potato field gear up.
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:03:19 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: Coop
I saw that monster doing touch and gos at Pax River in Maryland. It looked like it was just hanging in the air..
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:03:37 AM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Cynthia McKinney- the true face (hairstyle) of the Democrats...)
To: Gabz
Local TV ABC 6 reported that the plane had just taken off when it started to experience difficulties and crashed attempting to land.
At least 10 people were taken to a local hospital and were able to walk with very minor injuries. However a unknown number were choppered to to a trauma center
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:03:42 AM PDT
by
grjr21
To: Heatseeker
the plane lost its second engine and the plane crashed Ran out of gas?
112
posted on
04/03/2006 6:04:15 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Gabz
Thank God all made it out alive. Now let's pray they stay that way.
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:04:17 AM PDT
by
Coop
(Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
To: arbee4bush
That's where my buddy is at, and where I've twice had private tours by him.
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:05:07 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: commish
To: Coop
Thanks Coop...I have asked the mods to remove post #8...so that the picture police don't come unglued...and miss the real story.
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:05:24 AM PDT
by
all4one
To: G Larry
Feet? Yards? What's a factor of 3 among friends?
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:05:51 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: BulletBobCo
Bob,
Did your bird ever get stuck in the kneeling position?
Wow, did I really say that? (Only a C-5 FE would appreciate this). I know it used to be a problem early on in the program.
To: xusafflyer
The forward upper deck (flight deck) seats a cockpit crew of six, a relief crew of seven, and eight dignitaries or couriers; it also has two bunk rooms with three beds in each. This area is just in front of the wing.
To: all4one
Nobody's acting like police. They're correcting information. Had I not realized my own error regarding the passenger compartment, I'm quite certain someone would have straightened it out in short order. That's what I love about FR. It's an outstanding source of info.
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posted on
04/03/2006 6:07:05 AM PDT
by
Coop
(Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
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