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)
Antonov An-124 Ruslan
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The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. The An-124 is the w
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
…due to the 747's low-wing design. In contrast, the Soviet Union chose to transport its shuttles using the high-winged An-225, which derived from the An-124, which is similar in design and function to the C-5. During static and fatigue testing, cracks were noticed in the wings of several aircraft, and as a…
A Volga-Dnepr Airlines An-124 landing at Moscow Domodedovo Airport
Polet Flight An-124 cockpit
Kneeling detail
Not kneeling – nose gear extended