Editing Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (section)

==Design==
[[File:Lockheed C-5 Galaxy loading 135.jpg|alt=|thumb|Lockheed C-5 Galaxy loading on a wet ramp in [[Augusta Regional Airport|Bush Field]], Georgia]]

The C-5 is a large, high-wing cargo aircraft with a distinctive high [[T-tail]] fin (vertical) stabilizer, with four [[General Electric TF39|TF39]] [[turbofan]] engines mounted on [[Aircraft pylon|pylon]]s beneath wings that are [[swept wing|swept]] 25°. (The C-5M uses newer GE CF6 engines.) Similar in layout to its smaller predecessor, the C-141 Starlifter, the C-5 has 12 internal wing tanks and is equipped for [[aerial refueling]]. Above the plane-length cargo deck is an upper deck for flight operations and for seating 80 passengers in rear facing seats (unlike most commercial airplanes) and the embarked [[loadmaster]] crew in forward facing seats. Bay doors at both nose and tail open to enable "drive-through" loading and unloading of cargo.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

The cargo hold of the C-5 is {{convert|1|ft|cm|spell=in}} longer than the entire length of the first powered flight by the [[Wright brothers]] at [[Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180902174126/http://www.thewrightbrothers.org/fivefirstflights.html "The Five First Flights" (archived)]. thewrightbrothers.org, 23 July 2008.</ref> For its voracious consumption of fuel and its maintenance and reliability issues<ref name="Lippincott p.4"/> the Galaxy's aircrews have nicknamed it "FRED", for Fucking{{#tag:ref|Sometimes written as "fantastic".<ref>Goebel, Greg. [http://www.airvectors.net/avc5.html "The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter & C-5 Galaxy"]. ''Air Vectors'', 1 April 14.</ref><ref>Gustin, Emmanuel. [http://web.mit.edu/btyung/www/nickname.html "Aircraft nicknames"]. mit.edu. Retrieved 6 December 2012.</ref>|group=N}} Ridiculous Economic/Environmental Disaster.<ref name="Lippincott p.4">Lippincott 2006, p. 4.</ref><!-- See [[WP:NOTCENSORED]], and [[WP:Offensive material]] -->

[[File:Excavators in a C5.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[JCB HMEE]] backhoe loader stowed inside a C-5. The C-5 [[loadmaster]]s ensure cargo is secured and balanced before takeoff.]]
Takeoff and landing distance requirements for the plane at maximum-load gross weight are {{convert|8300|ft|m|abbr=on}} and {{convert|4900|ft|m|abbr=on}}, respectively. Its high-flotation [[Landing gear|main landing gear]] provides 28 wheels to distribute gross weight on paved or earth surfaces. The rear main landing gear can be made to caster to make a smaller turning radius, and rotates 90° after takeoff before being retracted. "Kneeling" landing gear permits lowering the aircraft when parked, thereby presenting the cargo deck at truck-bed height to facilitate loading and unloading operations.<ref name="Giants p63">''Air International''. February 1984, p. 63.</ref>

The C-5 features a malfunction detection analysis and recording system to identify errors throughout the aircraft.<ref name="aviationzone" />
The cargo compartment is {{convert|121|ft|m|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|13.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} high, and {{convert|19|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide, or just over {{convert|31000|ft3|m3|abbr=on}}. It can accommodate up to 36 [[463L master pallet]]s or a mix of palletized cargo and vehicles. The nose and aft cargo-bay doors open the full width and height of the cargo bay to maximize efficient loading of oversized equipment. Full-width ramps enable loading double rows of vehicles from either end of the cargo hold.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

The C-5 Galaxy is capable of moving nearly every type of military combat equipment, including such bulky items as the Army [[M60 AVLB|armored vehicle launched bridge]], at {{convert|74|ST|t|abbr=on}}, from the United States to any location on the globe;{{cn|date=February 2023}} and of accommodating up to six [[Boeing AH-64 Apache]] helicopters or five [[Bradley Fighting Vehicle]]s at one time.<ref name = 'CBO 46'>Congressional Budget Office 1986, p. 46.</ref>