Friday, October 1, 2010

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy

These Model Airplanes are 17 inches in length and finely handcrafted, and hand painted by our artists - to scale and museum quality.

The C 5 Galaxy is a large, Military transport aircraft built by Lockheed. It was design to provide strategic heavy airlift over intercontinental distances and to carry outside and oversize cargo.

The C-5 is one of the largest aircraft in the world and the largest airlifter in the Air Force inventory. The C 5 Galaxy can carry more than any other airlifter. It has the ability to carry 36 standard pallets and up to 81 troops simultaneously. The Galaxy also carries all of the Army's air-transportable combat equipment, including such bulky items as its 74-ton mobile scissors bridge from the United States to any theater of combat on the globe.

It can also carry outsize and oversize cargo intercontinental ranges and can take off or land in relatively short distances. Ground crews are able to load and off-load the C-5 Galaxy simultaneously at the front and rear cargo openings, reducing cargo transfer times.

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