Me too. Never flown in one, though. Back in college I was working a construction job. You know, the kind of job that Americans don't want to do anymore. We were working on an apartment building off the approach end of of the runway at Dobbins AFB in Marietta, GA, which is near the then Lockheed plant where the C-5 was built. One particular day a C-5 was doing pattern circuits and I just happened to be working on the roof of this particular building all day. I can tell you that not only does the sky darken when one of these puppies flys over, but the ground shakes, too. One awesome piece of machinery......the modern version of "aluminum overcast"....
When I went to the Armed Forces Day airshow at Andrews AFB back in the late '80s, they were using a C-5 as the "gate". You walked through it or under it to get to the tarmac and the rest of the static exhibits. I remember it being flanked by (I think) a KC-10 and a C-141, and it made them both look puny.
I've never seen one fly but friends who have seen them tell me they have a very distinct sound, like nothing else in the inventory.
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Nice story.
I'm hearing this morning that the crew was having a problem with one engine. That thing should easily flying on three and even more easily make an approach and land on three. I just wonder if one of the four got hung up in reverse mode and they couldn't get it shut down? I hate to speculate.
Speaking of awesome. Years ago when I was working out of Dulles for a now defunct airline, I'd routinely see the Concord. The back gate access road allowed you to drive right under the close-in approach end of 1R. One day I saw it coming as I came through the gate and stopped my car and got out as it came overhead. It felt like it was going to take my head off. They carried lots of power all the way to touchdown.