C-5 Galaxy screaming takeoff at Abbotsford Airport

[yamahonkawazuki]

Ahh the sound of gravity screaming in protest

[DheFilms]

looks like antonov an225 in small

[ScottLeaf]

screaming is right, what a behemoth! I could feel the brakes straining to hold the bird back back at throttle up.

[DavePhillips671]

fighters and helicopters are cool, but these big fat mommas are plane porn for the eyes and ears, big is best lol

[jetwind72]

Amazing video!



[strela1]

Flying hippo!

[motokid032]

That bird is from KSUU (Travis)..Here in Northern Cali.

[Juppie902]

Whats the point of setting takeoff thrust and the parking brakes on ? to gain 'surprise' energy from the engines that will push the aircraft all at once instead of the aircraft slowly getting speed as it accelerates from the runway ?

just never seen this being used before in civil aviation and i dont watch videos of military aviation so i dont really know...

[jrd1461]

@Juppie902 Unlike normal piston pounders, turbines take a little time to get up to their maximum RPM. So they do that to give the engines time to spool up to their desired RPM so that way the aircraft has maximum power during the whole takeoff run instead of chewing up 15% of the takeoff run while the engines to spool up.

[leavemealone0801]

el sonido de estos motores simplemente no tiene comparacion

[walkandlookup]

23" from stop to airborne nice

[ne14mxx]

Nothing else sounds like a C-5 Galaxy! You can hear it thousands of yards in the distance and always know that it is a C-5.

[steveramirez15]

C-5 hub is in MEMPHIS,TN!!!!!!! SO PROUD!!!!!!

[wdwron08]

The Rev-Up of the C-5's Engines were music to my Ears . Love the sound. Great Vid. you are so lucky to be that close

[milnei1]

0.26 Understeer! Fantastic video!

[Dwelve27]

Good old FRED... for those who dont know what FRED stands for its: F**king Ridiculous Economic Disaster. Reliable plane when she flies, but herself and crews love to break down at paradise places. Great video by the way.

[chrisabrahams7]

woshka oh my I love those engines reving up



[morval99]

Let's hope the pilot does not pick his feet in Phoughkeepsie.

[dgl1962]

You should hear it from the inside, it gives you goosebumps I had 23 different flights while in the Marines.

[hiimbrady]

That really is the coolest freaking sound in the world.

[walkandlookup]

@hiimbrady pure MUSIC!

[KeiYuuki2011]

Now thats a Take Off!!!!

[NintendoSonic101]

you'd be dead standing behind that LOL.

[pilotnicco]

Sounds almost like a Russian jet.

[malestock]

Holy Christ! I nearly wet myself hearing the sound of the engines spooling up. Hollllly crap. I love jet noise!!! :-D

[irvinmanohar]

the plane must be light.. It will take much more runway to take off if it is fully loaded.. Amazing plane though!

[technocrash09]

@irvinmanohar Actually, only about another 3,000 feet or so at full capacity :)

[bobelayer]

When I went to Dayton Ohio to see the the airshow and I walked up to this thing the wheel is taller than me and Im 5.1 cause Im 11

[aliyum]

To me, there's no better sound in the world like a jet engine transitioning from idle to full throttle like at 0:46. Its like the symphony ochestra!!

[clusterguard]

A fab box. Cheers!

[Neno8403]

I keep watching all of these C-5 vids and it seems like no one actually films the unique gear retraction process. I don't get it. Cool video anyway I guess. Seems like the pilot held the brakes until the engines spooled up to full-power, hence the shorter takeoff.

[jiyouuu]

is that lift augmentation device (slot) at the trailing edge?

[Freiheitadler]

@jiyouuu well i'll answer this. Those are flaps at the trailing edge. Slots/slats are only on the leading edge, which lower the angle of attack when deployed, resulting in a minimized take off distance (and other near stall configurations). You can see the slots/slats on this aircrafts leading edge. The difference between a slot and slat is the ability to retract it. (slots are permanently in place, and slats aren't). NOW YOU KNOW!

[superskullmaster]

@Freiheitadler WRONG. Slats increase CAMBER, which increases LIFT AND DRAG. Slots make the airflow stick to the wings surface even at higher angles of attack. Both reduce the stall speed. Learn something fool.

[Freiheitadler]

@superskullmaster K...how was I wrong? I didn't go into detail on how they do what they do because the guy asking the question didn't seem to know too much. But if we are going to be tools about it, slots and slats don't make airflow stick to the wing at high angles of attack. That is the job of vortex generators because vortices stick better than laminar flows. Slots and slats re-energize the airflow as well as decrease the velocity of the airflow below the wing, increasing lift.

[superskullmaster]

@Freiheitadler Reread what I wrote. I said slats increase the camber. I didn't say slots did. Slots bring high pressure air from under the wing and direct it over the top. Faster moving air hugs the wing better. Vortex generators increase the vortices on top of the wing which causes the air thats already on top the the wing to adhere better. Checkmate.

[Freiheitadler]

@superskullmaster slots do increase camber too. Are they not the exact same thing with the exception of the ability to retract?

[superskullmaster]

@Freiheitadler Whoa I'm getting confused now. If we are talking about the same kind of slots I am more or lessing talking about slats the have a rather large gap between the flat T/E and the wing L/E. So if does the same job as slats but the area where it makes the most difference is bringing that high pressure air over the top of the wing(though when you think about it why is that a good thing?).

[Freiheitadler]

@superskullmaster Yea slots and slats are the exact same things, except slats can be retracted for reduced drag at cruise. Not many planes roll with slots because its so inefficient at cruise. And yes, both have a gap when extended as far as I understand.

Energizing the airflow is good because it happens at angles of attack where the airflow would normally eddie off the top of the wing. Thus increasing stall angle.

[bobelayer]

And when it does fly over when hes landing he goes slow and then powers up and its loud.

[bobelayer]

Hey guys guess what this plane flys over my house and lands at KGSO in NC cause the airport has a contract with the air force.

[Diodorus79]

Man, awesome sound! Love it!. The rear wheels has a strange set-up

[QueBeta75]

@Diodorus79 They were designed that way so the loading floor would be uninterrupted. The aircraft needed that many tires to have a "light footprint" when heavily loaded, so they engineered them to rotate and stow away on the side of the aircraft. In addition to saving space they also use them to tightly turn the plane when on ground by counter-rotating them from the front gear. Clever engineering considering the C5 was designed in the mid 60s.

[Diodorus79]

@QueBeta75 Holy cow! very clever indeed!

[operazanotaijin]

You see the size of the plane and then how small the engines are and start to almost wonder: will this thing really take off? And when it does, it's awesome.

[devastationz12349]

a great piece of American engineering

[yoyoyoyoshua]

amazing plane, got into the cargo bay a couple of years ago and it's massive

[acesofspaces100]

These are General Electric CF-39s the only birds to use them. to use

[technocrash09]

@acesofspaces100 TF39s.................not CF39s *TF stands for turbo fan* :)

[jonahair747]

fairy flight

[SteveWard3928]

I take it he was holding the brake till he powered up. How does the brake take that kinda strain?

[sagasa456]

man you gotta love the sound of the cf6 ...

[kenpalmer1965]

Boy! It didn't take long for it to get off the ground! Fine video!

[mikeycbd]

That was excellent on full screen.

[Afterburner47]

Gotta love the sound of a c5 galaxy powering up for take off

[mishazeltser1]

Very nice , Well done

Congratulations Michael from Israel

[delpillar]

@mishazeltser1 thanks for watching

[blueshark2010]

Nice vid. What would the AA be without the Galaxy? It's been there every year as long as I can remember. Every time I've walked through it and around it, It still amazes me something that big and heavy can fly. :-)

[b747a380an225]

You can clearly see how the elevator moves and take control of the pitch!

[skillerboy3]

nice, im 1400th viewer!

[Flightspotting]

Awesome video and a mighty plane. Thanks for sharing. :)

[SenenGarciaLlanes]

Whoaaaaaaaah! SCREAAAAAAAAAM!

[Valkenier11]

Fantastic fantastic videographed. 

[CefiroGuy3]

easy there big guy.

don't want to pull a hamstring now, do we?!

[BEM5823]

Beautiful!

[blueb0g]

What a monster! Great editing, amazing filming - really brings out the power of this bird!

[delpillar]

@blueb0g thanks

[Adelgary777]

i would like to see a C-5 taking off like this at st.maarten airport! :P

[TheAsianDude828]

Quick takeoff!!!

It`s like watching a fat guy win a 1000m dash

[tonfra]

@TheAsianDude828 empty ! I'd like to see with tons of cargo...

[taylor1hp]

Did he have the brake set right before takeoff?

[dskxalive]

@taylor1hp Yes they have to do that in order to takeoff!

[lbreflections]

@dskxalive

I remember back in the 70s, some commercial flights took off like that and you see videos of Tu-134s and IL-62s doing that even today - rev up the engine first, then release the brakes.

Is this to maximise take-off run?

[dskxalive]

@lbreflections If for example, the plane is heavy, and the engines arn't the most powerful ones, you would apply the brakes and rev up the engines, so that you dont have to wait for the engines to go up to full power after your rolling, and are already at full power. But however, a Boeing 747-400, can only stay in the same spot at full power for 20seconds, not like it would need to but just an example! Hope this helps my friend! :D

[lbreflections]

@dskxalive

Got it, cheers!! ;)

[RManBB2010]

@lbreflections No, it's to minimize it.

[technocrash09]

@dskxalive Only on short take-offs. Longer runways, not necessary *I have about 1000hrs on them* :)

Many times, we rolled off the taxiway and just kept rolling. Absolute joy riding on one.....especially in the cockpit!

[AviationHD1]

this makes my speakers shake...

[nav3103]

watch 0:26 , the nose wheel is skidding during the turn.

[fransarj]

I hear maria ozawa squealing ^_^

[MTran0708]

AMAZING, gotta love the sound

[Thekingswa747]

I'm the 7 th viewer and you can suck it

[brownhugo]

Gawd Damn thats one big bird lol... I like the sound how it powers up the engines and the wing span is awesome