Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Forc
A United States Air Force C-5 in flight
One of the first C-5A models is given a final inspection before testing in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base in the mid-1960s.
The fourth C-5A Galaxy 66-8306 in the 1980s European One color scheme
C-5A Minuteman Air Mobile ICBM Feasibility Demonstration – 24 October 1974 (video)
General Electric CF6
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The General Electric CF6, US military designations F103 and F138, is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines produced by GE Aviation. The CF6, based on the TF39, the first high-thrust, high-bypass je
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
…aircraft with a high T-tail and wings that are swept 25° which mount four General Electric turbofan engines — initially GE TF39s, but later upgraded to GE CF6s. It was similar in layout to the smaller Lockheed military transport, the C-141 Starlifter, which was introduced in 1965. The C-5 has 12 internal wing…
General Electric CF6 during testing at NASA's Glenn Research Center in 1979
A CF6 turbofan installed at the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology
CF6-6 diagram
CF6-6 cutaway