My family and I caught a space-a trip to Germany and back about 20 years ago. I'm a pilot and couldn't get over their size.
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"....