And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I am a C-130 pilot (past the AF age for flying). Used to be an advertisment by Lockheed in the 1970's/80's with three pictures showing a C-5 at the top, a C-141 in the middle and a C-130 at the bottom. My caption to the advertisment was:
Big MAC (C-5) Quater Pounder (C-141) Turkey Sandwich (C-130)
If properly disassembled and packaged, I think you could stuff a C-130 into a C-5. Sorta of like a Turducken.
You think the C-5 is big, you should see the box it was shipped to the USAF in. And the hangar that we had to keep the empty boxes in if we had to send one back to the factory. Yes, a de-winged and de-tailed C-130 fuselage would fit right into a C-5, just like the EP-3 that China forced down. Preflight took about 1.5 hours, two Flight Engineers in tandem. Former C-5 Flight Engineer (Instructor and SOLL II) and EC-130E FE (Instructor) Wandering Neurons
I am a C-130 pilot (past the AF age for flying). Used to be an advertisment by Lockheed in the 1970's/80's with three pictures showing a C-5 at the top, a C-141 in the middle and a C-130 at the bottom. My caption to the advertisment was:
ReplyDeleteBig MAC (C-5)
Quater Pounder (C-141)
Turkey Sandwich (C-130)
If properly disassembled and packaged, I think you could stuff a C-130 into a C-5. Sorta of like a Turducken.
IIRC, the de-winged and de-vertical stabbed EP-3E that landed in China was hauled away in a C-141
DeleteYou imagine doing a pre-flight...
ReplyDeleteFrom the view of a civilian, I love the fact that it just looks conventional, no special features. Or it just scaled up without changing appearance
ReplyDeleteYou think the C-5 is big, you should see the box it was shipped to the USAF in. And the hangar that we had to keep the empty boxes in if we had to send one back to the factory.
ReplyDeleteYes, a de-winged and de-tailed C-130 fuselage would fit right into a C-5, just like the EP-3 that China forced down.
Preflight took about 1.5 hours, two Flight Engineers in tandem.
Former C-5 Flight Engineer (Instructor and SOLL II) and EC-130E FE (Instructor)
Wandering Neurons