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My official /personal opinion (via Wright-Patt).... a giant, painted, turd of an airplane. About the only thing "good" is the air conditioning system (upstairs) and the 2 bunk rooms where you could sleep in quiet, for hours, while the plane was broken (often) on many, many, many ramps around the world...
Fred = nickname for the C-5
The most often quote associated with the C-5 is:
"Fred will provide!"
Provide : extra week(s) of per diem wile broken around the world
Days of no sleep for Aircraft Commanders battling Maintenance & Scheduling SNAFUs
Provided me w/ a torn rotator cuff !
I guess you can say its cool & amazing that something that big flies ! Very un-rewarding though. Lumbers around like a BIG Cessna 172.
C-141 was a fantastic plane to fly and nothing BIG flies like a C-17 (it's incredibly FUN/challenging), but my favorite so far is the MD-11. I've never flown a Boeing though & a LOT of guys love them!
Where's Thor ???
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Richard W.
Red '70 E, 2.2
White (w/ Red & Blue), '82SC, "Frankenstein" -a bit tweeked
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