C-5a in high-performance take off at Oshkosh 2010

[smithsterj]

The plane is empty (cargo hold) with hardly any fuel...awesome!!

[hundvonkrieg]

C-5 and high performance...they should be happy nothing broke lol

[cptomes]

I watched that all the way to ++10kft. They kept that rate of climb for 5+minutes, circling just to the east of the airshow. Very impressive.

[nickhornell]

More like an over zealous rotation. but a good video....

[KeiYuuki2011]

@nickhornell ehh, nothing compared to what a C5M can do.. this Rotation is nothing special in the USAF. It is probably light, but but minimum fuel loads are usually ~80,000lbs for a C5. It all depends on mission. I have personally planned 300,000lbs of fuel and 130,000lbs of Cargo with 70 Pax on a C5, and rotated at 7500' down runway. They are not that underpowered... dont forget the wing is what gives it its massive lift.