‘On several occasions, C-5 local training missions were delayed because the “pet rocks,” as we called them, had to be loaded,’…
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Operation Babylift: the Crash of C-5 Number 68-0218
by Dario Leone“You could see it. You could see the hole in the back of the plane. You could see sunlight streaming in.…
I participated in this local training mission solely to make my last landing on my last, “fini,” flight. This capped 9,500…
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The C-5 Galaxy is so huge it can carry a whole Aerobatic Team inside its Cargo Bay
by Dario LeoneThe aircraft belonging to the US World Aerobatic Champion Team were transported intact inside the C-5 several times Taken in 1984…
“The majority of my flying time has been on these A-models, they have taken me all over the world. I always…
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Here’s how you can take off, fly and land a C-5 carrying the massive Navy SEAL Boat
by Dario Leone‘The SEAL boat, officially termed the “Mark V Special Operations Craft,” is a monster. It is 82 feet long, 17.5 feet…
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Operation Nickel Grass: How USAF C-5, C-141 Airlifters saved Israel during the October 1973 War
by Dario LeoneIt is sufficient to say that U.S. military transport aircraft – much larger than those deployed by other belligerents in Yom…
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The Strange case of “Lt Col Seagull,” the C-5 Squadron Ops Officer who tried Everything to not Fly
by Dario Leone“In reading my professional evaluation I saw the statement citing my flying in command for ASEV had been removed. He frowned…
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Former C-5 Pilot Remembers his First FRED Landing at Al Kharj airfield, AKA Al’s Garage
by Dario Leone“At one mile, however, I saw the large numerals “35” on the concrete strip to the right. That was the runway,…
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Former C-5 pilot tells the story of the “Cockpit Cat Fight” erupted between two Female Navigators on their first FRED Mission
by Dario Leone“Sandy, the pretty one, and Penny, the interesting one, hunched over the scope on the navigators’ station behind the pilot. Their…
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