My comment was reflective of a C-17 being kind of small next to a C-5. If I remember right the freeper of comment 8 had posted a picture of a C-17 as a C-5, Someone on comment 15 corrected the fellow. And my comment was an attempt to add some humor to the fact that the freeper on 8 was wrong. Even though they would almost look close to being the same aircraft in seperate pictures, the C-5 would definintly be bigger if parked next to each other was my intent of the comment. After thinking about it I was thinking of a C-141 though instead of a C-17. I've seen several C-141's parked nearby C-5's. Thinking about it I've never seen a C-17, so I won't really know about it's size in comparison.
I was reviewing some of the eariler comments, How does the military come up with the numbers. It seems like C-5 would of been some aircraft that would of came out before the C-17 and the C-17 would of came out before the C-141. But it seems like there's no pattern in the numbers. How do these numbers come about.