C-17 takeoff and landing

[LateNightCable]

I live across the road from a US Naval Air Station, where we see F/A-18's and P-3 Orions' almost daily. But we get C-17's visiting on occasion. You can't miss 'em because the engines are loud, they whine like a whistle. And the sound hangs in the air for a long time as they float across the sky in slow motion. It's really fascinating to watch a military transport jet move. Their high lift dynamics make them quite different than most other planes.

[uday234]

soundtrack is like its from a bruce lee movie

[bluetorch13]

This is my favorite plane of them all, some day I'll have one! lol!

[iluvbunnies108]

Check out C17 swagg

[Potatomasherdk]

notice that white stuff coming out of the engines at 1:00

[factory14]

Wow-I never knew they could "back up" !!

[AceDoubleG]

At 1:00 What Is That On The Left Side, Engine?

[bluetorch13]

@AceDoubleG I think is like a small "tornado" from the engine spin. Never seen it though.

[lordazn]

@AceDoubleG It's static electricity going off. The aircraft generates A LOT of static electricity. I have heard of crew chiefs being thrown 10 feet by just touching the aircraft after it has landed. That's why we use tie-down cords to ground it so the electricity is safely discharged. Keep in mind, I am still in tech school for C17 so this is just a guess from what I know. I might be wrong.

[ak907jk]

Sitting at the BX/PX on base in Alaska and the airforce has been flying those really low all day today it's really neat we gave Russian diplomats or advisors rides on one a few weeks ago when they were here about sharing more air space Russians are cool people lots of them here hope we can be allies one day.

[zunedog31]

my uncle flies these :)

[gloomyoutlook]

LOL, I really think the music was ironic, especially as it goes out of tune at one point.

[zobeck11]

fuck up music

[s0ccer96]

imma drive one of those one day thumbs up if u want to be a pilot!!!!!!!!!!!

[liamr685]

You really dont appreciate the size of the C17 untill you stand next to it.

I knew it was big, i thought it was around the size of a C130..I stood next to a C17 a few days ago, its f*****g bigger than i thought

[joeynonokoolkool]

That's a battle takeoff

[gangoa07]

What is pouring out of the engines at 0:59 ???

[liamr685]

@gangoa07 its not pouring out, its being sucked in.

Its just water vapour, due to the change in pressure it condenses rapidly to the vapour you saw

[boss1241]

iM FROM ALTUS OK WERE THEY TRAIN THE PILOTS...IVE BEEN SEEING AND HEARING THESE PLANES SINCE I WAS YOUNG AND THEY ARE LOUD AND THERE REALLY AGILE FOR HOW BIG THEY ARE AND THEY CAN STOP ON A DIME AS YOU CAN SEE...AND HOLY SHYT WHEN THEY KICK ON THE REVERSE THRUST THAT SHYT ALWAYZ BLOWS ME AWAY AT HOW POWERFUL IT IS

[annie4horses]

Then Optimus Prime fall out the back... "Shit! We forgot to strap him down." XD

[FroDude2005]

sheeit look at those vorticies at 1:00

[mcfurley]

fuck me, flys nothing like youd expect something so big to, amazing

[wattstarr911]

is a 17 bigger or smaller than a c130

[kevinyuni]

this plane got some impresive braking system WOOW

[F16AirPower]

look at those tornado's man.

[yankeez99]

you know it needs more space when it's actually full :P that one is empty

[golabomber]

we in india will be buying 16 of these monsters

c 17 all the way

[FlightSimulatorXATC]

you know why this plane takes off and lands in such short distances? How else would they get these hulks out of Long Beach airport?

[kevinyuni]

@FlightSimulatorXATC where do they test this ones ,in mojave desert

[TheGimpMaster01]

lol who ever thought that music was a good idea for an airshow. BUT. nice video! love for the c-17!!!

[genny00]

when it goes back something is coming out from the engines

[kalahiki808]

Hickam AFB jet

[ithicaplasma]

Damn thats a huge bitch!!!

[makecba]

shit, it stoped in like 40 yards

[abram1717]

alguien conoce a sara jay !!! le mando muchos saludos

[theCondomfacedkiller]

I was a C17 passenger.

[AZHE85]

ooh my god it is fucken big

[lobsters12111]

Two of these flew over my work today. I had never seen one before that. They are amazing to hear!

[junebug9594]

i love how fast it managed to stop

[sprkymrt]

Doesn't he beep when he backs up?

[lobsters12111]

@sprkymrt If you can't already see and hear that plane, you probably shouldn't be anywhere near where it can go.

[cfpkiller77]

wow

[raythedodger]

Amazing jet! The A400 cant even come close. Not that it was intend to do so.

[RomaniaTricolor]

200 millions well spend. And the music reminds me of old sci-fi themes!

[OhhReallyNow]

what the hell thats cool lightning was coming out because of the air friction

[Mr95ryk]

esses estados unidenses sao uns cuzao rererrererererererer..........­....sou mais brasillll

[jamarc95]

was that water or air when it was on reverse thrust?

[Paintheshed]

yes g0o0od music choices

[MiLoTi85]

awsomeeeeee

[TheGrerex]

E.T. rocks!!!!

[eeLj0j0]

smooth landing

[Malevolenty]

KNIGHT RIDER MUSIK

[MVT7100]

I guess youve never seen Steven Spielbergs film E.T.

[SuperShuki]

How much CARGO is the C-17 carrying? The real test is taking off at full takeoff weight.

[BluesMan4ty5]

yeah, but i believe that's not a TEST but is a AIR SHOW =)

[RomaniaTricolor]

Damn! Just a little more runway and it will take off backwards!

:)

[pooolfc]

@RomaniaTricolor lol funny..

[iCal2]

Amazing!

[whatever0481]

wow!!! i mean really fucking wow!!! that was god damn impressive....

[wavefool]

"Airbus fan boys nightmare." When you see some clown posting that Airbus is better than Boeing (they actually exist, :-0) send em this. Excellent video

[Lilybro2806]

@wavefool -Good one!! Likely Airbus aircraft land in the Hundson river!! I bet the airbus employees seen this video said Oh Sh*t!!

[tienshenhan86]

Its a Hawaiian bird!

[APuzzledMind]

Austrailia didn't have these planes by 2008 I think.

[paul2808]

This vid was taken March 2007, The aircraft in vid was a USAF C-17, There was a RAAF C-17 on display at the same airshow. So yes, RAAF did in fact have at least one C-17 by March 2007 that is nine months before 2008, I think.

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

@paul2808 The C-17 in this vid is from the Hawaii Air National Guard =D

[kifoketab]

I love this plane

[klb2948]

Believe it or not, most people don't know this. All planes have reverse thrusters to stop. I load these things. They are huge and can hold lots of weight. According to a crew chief of one C-17 I loaded, 1 engine runs about 75,000 pounds of thrust. These are what I call a fighter-cargo plane because its agile like a fighter and can carry loads like no other.

[paul2808]

Believe it or not, most people don't know this. Not all planes have reverse thrusters to stop. eg., DC-3, F-14, A-10,F-15, F-16,F-18 and many others have no reverse thrusters. In fact many of these rely on Spoilers, Air brakes and Wheel brakes

[wavefool]

DC-3 is radial engined with constant speed Hamilton Standard series 23 props, not beta. No reverse true. Having said that some turbine conversions use the PT-6b

which does reverse thrust. Cool video Paul 5 stars.

[wesdh]

what are the strikes hitting the ground coming from the right inner engine? is that electric or just air?

[tazzmsp]

Water actually.

[Nfarce]

Well, water *sort* of. Water and air, to be exact. Think man-made tornado here. Serious suction power.

[pjn29again]

my dad is on a trip to germany then to iraq and he is a master sergent on the c-17 and its an awsome plane....and dont hate on it plz

[sharonlynncole]

the airce force cargo jet looks like a bat jet . The shape of batman logo sign

[paul2808]

I think that the cargo area is maybe bigger then the bat cave ;]

[FA22RaiseHell]

This plane is awsome! A new  generation transport in my opinion.

[krsnikrajisnik]

amaizing very good

[gangster3591]

Amazing! Just a fabulous bird.

[pancho345123]

im flying this plane when i join the USAF!!!

[aaronh257]

cool

[1qazwsx1qazwsx1qazws]

me too

[HaloHedgehog22]

lol the music from e.t.

[avenger007007]

when it landed the pilot looked out and said DAM that chick is fine. Have to go back and get her number. LOL

[tray04]

lol

[avenger007007]

I dont want to seem stupid but what are the whits clouse coming out of the 2 in board engines?

[paul2808]

Read the past comments. Adrainspeeder gives a good explanation

[CaptainZ1627]

That was sick...

despite the gay music

[paul2808]

I agree, the music was not needed.

If I wanted to listen to music I would have gone to a concert

[AintLifeGarand]

@paul2808 I agree, also. The Love Boat music ruins the moment...:(

[K4R4SUM4D3V1L]

@paul2808 lol love u paul, people are all like i no this and this and im not wrong and then ur all like, yeah.... ur wrong ya twat....in a funny awesome way!! and u mimic what they write hahahaaa.. legend!!

[paul2808]

@K4R4SUM4D3V1L Cheers mate!!

[Cognetto]

@paul2808 Isn't that the sample from Starwars?

[fwayndo1]

wow that thing slows down quickly it could land in my backyard! well, probably not.... i wouldn't really wanna try it..... but still it slows down quickly

[GreekEkamitis]

thats because of the 4 engines...

[RVREVO]

wicked strategy, reversing the plane to give it clearance to take off again straight after landing. uses the thrust to brake and reverse. don't see that very often.

[praetorian2150]

that thing is massive compared to the people

[390851]

is that E.T. theme song i hear? lol

[paul2808]

?, not sure

[jazzmancarron]

yea, i think it is lol

[drdoey]

A/c 5150... Good hickam bird ; )

[zucoy21z89]

Nice plane the Brit RAF's got some of these, the range is very good, you can fly from UK to Japan without refueling.

[krichekkkk]

HOLY SHIT, you meant that Fucking thing was actually backing up. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!!!

Can this thing VTOL?

[paul2808]

VTOL no. STOL yes, Possible because of the reverse thrust.

[adrianspeeder]

Thrust reversers. You can see the cowls slide back exposing a grated area around the motor directing the fans flow of air diagonally forward and up after blocker doors close off the back.

Handy for backing planes into their spots in tight parking, slowing down quickly on the ground/air, or when the pilots go down the wrong dead end taxiway as we point and laugh while waiting to block them in.

[77kevster]

A380 will have onboard soccer field and pool, right?

[justalilrandom]

sorry to break it to you no, why would an airline waste valuable seat space on a pool and soccer field? they will fill it with as many seats as they can. Think about it you suddenly get turbulance whilst your in the pool what do you do? strap yourself to the side of the pool? And banking the pool will drain during turns and that water sloshing about would destabilise the plane

[wanaplayrough]

it was only a joke!

[baltarsparklemotion]

gotta love the cheesy ET disco remake

[justalilrandom]

I WAS THERE!!! THAT THING WAS UNBELIEVABLE... u no whats even scarier? the C-27J Spartan light transport, designed to replace the DHC-4 Caribou, shorter landing and take off than the C-17 and it can do flips

[paul2808]

Didn't think that I would ever see an aircraft the size of the Spartan do some of the things that it did. Sweet!

[Stewker]

whats amazing is how small the runway can be for this thing to takeoff and land.

[nigzesx]

The dimension of the tail section is just unbelievable.

[niceguya1ways]

This is a beautiful plane.

[raymondrayban]

back wheels touch down i recon 11 maybe 12 seconds this c17 is at a standstill your comments please

[paul2808]

yep, 12 seconds sounds about right.

[commandrow]

I've been on a combat takeoff...so much power in this beast! It was the ride of my life!

[choppergage]

see that 1:10 that look like lightning hitting ground by engine no.2

[FlatPickBass]

What was that? It looked like water pouring out of the engine......???

[dan10024]

Was the nosewheel off the ground while reversing? It looked like it (around 01:03)

[paul2808]

don't think so

just looks that way

[raymondrayban]

that could land in my back garden no problem. any pilot and crew of a c17 pop in for a cup of tea and a chat, the big house in pinner north london,p,s no dirty flight suits please,

[Floridaman98]

stop on a dime Damn!

[westindude]

bEEN ON THERE AS A CHILD CIVILIAN, ALL SEATS ARE FASCED TOWARDS REAR OF PLANE!

[mdb8187]

You're thinking of the C-5 Galaxy with the rear facing seats. The C-17 has sidewall seats. None of the C-17 seat configurations that I am aware of face rearward.

[Loamdaster]

Correct, the sidewall seats face in, the centerline seats face out and the seat pallets face forward.

[coma8coma1]

oh cool the #3 is doing that vortex thing again. my friend on another video explained it to me

[FlatPickBass]

What kind of vortex thing..??

[coma8coma1]

i dunno. look when the camera zooms in at 0:58 and there's like... clouds or something shooting out of (or into?) the fans. looks wild though. amazing airplane.

[DARONLY]

that is a cloud of air sucked by the engine, that is normal when the engine is running at max speed.

[adrianspeeder]

Sucks so much air in, especially in TR, that ya spin the moisture into a visible funnel.

[westfieldsg]

anyone think that this should be called fat albert instead of the c130?

[dbpatchett]

What? This is a C-17.

[bassplaya1549]

ya i think the blue angels should get a c-17 to replace the c-130...only thing is that its not a navy jet...but i guess the C-130 wasnt either

[flyboy172r]

Fantastic!! What day was this? I went on Thursday and Sunday.

[paul2808]

This was on the Friday