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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: A.A. Cunningham
I stand corrected - C-17 it is.
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:49:07 AM PDT
by
Apercu
("Res ipsa loquitur")
To: Gabz
What part of Rt 9 Gabz? The part behind (east) of the base or the dual part to the south?
82
posted on
04/03/2006 5:49:16 AM PDT
by
Heatseeker
(Never underestimate the left's tendency to underestimate us.)
To: Gabz
Looking at the pictures my take is that the pilots did one hell of a job getting this baby down in basically one piece.
Obviously she did not just fall from the sky, they were able to bring her in, and everyone who escaped the plane have those pilots to thank for them being alive.
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:50:27 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:50:28 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(No mosques were entered or damaged during this post.)
To: all4one
The aircraft is two and a half football fields long ...2.5 football fields long translates into 750 ft. that sounds a little exaggerated to me.
85
posted on
04/03/2006 5:51:19 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: SlowBoat407
The doofus who wrote of the accident that you linked to is, well, a doofus....
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:51:38 AM PDT
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: Heatseeker
The field is just east of 113...........Rte 9 is closed east of Kitts Hummock road.
That plane came down within about a mile of the highway
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:52:21 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Smokers are the beta version)
To: Trust but Verify
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:52:34 AM PDT
by
wolficatZ
(yada yada yada trolls)
To: commish
89
posted on
04/03/2006 5:52:45 AM PDT
by
McGavin999
(The US media is afflicted with Attention Deficit Disorder)
To: BulletBobCo; A.A. Cunningham
I'm all confused (not exactly new territory for me). I rode on one of these birds a couple of times as a passenger. Now that I think about it, isn't the passenger compartment up above, but behind the wings? Seems to me the loadmaster and I had quite a walk to reach the cockpit.
So if my hazy memory is correct now, then my earlier comment about the passenger compartment being split was incorrect.
90
posted on
04/03/2006 5:53:36 AM PDT
by
Coop
(Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
To: commish
The reports I've heard say they reported a mechanical problem.
God Bless those people. Those pilots are awesome.
91
posted on
04/03/2006 5:53:39 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Smokers are the beta version)
To: all4one
That pic is not a C-5, its a C-17..
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:54:44 AM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Cynthia McKinney- the true face (hairstyle) of the Democrats...)
To: Heatseeker
C-5 cargo jet crashes near Dover
Update 7:56 am
By JEFF MONTGOMERY
The News Journal
04/03/2006
A C-5 jet transport crashed south of Dover early today, breaking into at least three pieces and coming to rest on land east of Del. 9 near Kitts Hummock Road.
Dover fire officials and a base spokesmen confirmed that the accident had ocurred. At least 17 people have been taken to Christiana Hospital. Other information on the number of people aboard was unavailable.
All routes to the crash site were blocked this morning. Route 9 east of Dover is closed.
Delaware State Police Cpl. Jeff Oldham said the first calls about the crash came in around 7 this morning. Some witnesses said they saw the plane go down nose first.
The accident is the worst ever in the United States for the C-5, the nation's largest military transport. One of the big jets crashed in Germany during the buildup for the first war in Iraq. Another crashed during the American pullout from Vietnam.
93
posted on
04/03/2006 5:55:54 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Smokers are the beta version)
To: Gabz
As for me I live on the NJ side of Delaware Bay. These C5's fly over my house many times a day flying around Delaware Bay waiting to land in Dover. On windy days when the C5's are turning making a 180deg turn the wind sometimes will push them sideways.
Alot of times a few C5's will fly very very low over the bay less then 1000 feet above the water. Got some pictures somewhere on a CD during a duckhunt in the marsh along delaware bay
94
posted on
04/03/2006 5:56:14 AM PDT
by
Mr Fowl
To: Coop
Your're right Coop. The main passenger compartment is aft of the wing.
To: all4one
But thanks for trying anyway! lol
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:56:28 AM PDT
by
garyhope
(Simplicity is best in everything)
To: cardinal4; all4one
That pic is not a C-5, its a C-17.. How about a compromise? We'll call it a C-11 and be done! :-)
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:56:34 AM PDT
by
Coop
(Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
To: BulletBobCo
I've been on the C-5. The general passenger compartment looks okay (between tail break and front break). The flight crew area is in good shape.
Where do the loadmaster(s) usually sit? Would a relief pilot be in that area of the front break?
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:57:46 AM PDT
by
xusafflyer
(Mexifornian by birth, Hoosier by choice.)
To: All
![](http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/c-11-KSC-00PP-0604.jpg)
Yeah, that looks close enough.
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:58:28 AM PDT
by
Coop
(Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
To: Gabz
Thanks - now I know exactly where it is too. :(
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posted on
04/03/2006 5:59:15 AM PDT
by
Heatseeker
(Never underestimate the left's tendency to underestimate us.)
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