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Aircraft Name C-5 Galaxy Manufacturer LOCKHEED Body Wide Wing Fixed Wing Position High wing Tail Regular tail (Anhedral) WTC H APC C Type Code L4J Engine Jet Engine Count Multi Position (Front) Wing leading mounted Landing gear Tricycle retractable Manufactured as LOCKHEED C-5 Galaxy LOCKHEED L-500 Galaxy LOCKHEED Galaxy

C5

Heavylift strategic freighter. In service since 1969. Exists in several versions:

C5A,
C5B as modernized version and
C5C as a special cargo version.
C-5D with modern two crew flightdeck and new engines is suggested for the future.

MTOW peacetime: 348,820kg, MTOW Wartime: 381,024kg The C5 has unlimited endurance with in-flight refuelling, The only limiting factor is the crew endurance. Without in-flight refuelling, the C5 has a range of 2200 Nm with 122,500kg Cargo and 6300 Nm empty.

The C-5 Galaxy was replaced by its upgraded version, the C-5 Super Galaxy, which featured a digital cockpit, commercial turbofan engines and improved systems. Also, the ICAO designator C5 was removed from ICAO Doc 8643 and a new one, C5M was added.

Technical Data Wing span (metric) 67.90 m Length (metric) 75.30 m Height (metric) 19.80 m Powerplant

C5: 4 x 191.3 kN GE TF39-GE-1C turbofans.

Engine Model(s) General Electric CF6 General Electric TF39 Indicative Performance Data Take-Off V2 125 kts Distance 2500 m MTOW 348820 kg Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) IAS 155 kts ROC 1500 ft/min Initial Climb (to FL150) IAS 300 kts ROC 1300 Initial Climb (to FL240) IAS 300 kts ROC 1000 ft/min MACH Climb MACH 0.74 ROC 1000 ft/min Cruise TAS 430 kts MACH 0.77 Ceiling 330 Range 6300 NM Initial Descent (to FL240) MACH 0.77 ROD 1000 ft/min Descent (to FL100) IAS 300 kts ROD 3000 ft/min Descent (FL100 & below) IAS 250 kts MCS n/a ROD 1000 ft/min Approach Vapp (IAS) 135 kts Distance 1500 m

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