Anyone know what kind of plane this is?

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pbrody1@reddit

FRED is the acronym we used in the Air Force. Fucking Ridiculous Economic Disaster.

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CaptHindsite@reddit

Traded in the sound for 10k more thrust (per engine) and less hassles with Euro noise limitations. Twas a good trade, IMO.

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Nebnotrab1965@reddit

when the C5A use to do pattern work every one knew when they were coming. First C5M to fly over scared the hell out of my granddaughter

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whimpers2@reddit

That sound is a core childhood airshow memory

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El_Mnopo@reddit

Oh man, yes! Grew up near a SAC base and they always had one at the yearly air show. Loved walking through it and hearing the nose when it performed!

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I used to get C5-Bs in the pattern at the last atc tower I worked at. The sound of the old engines spooling up as they did low approaches and touch-and-goes was unlike anything else. It was vibrate the tower cab windows for a split second as the engines must've hit the harmonic frequency for that brief moment in time. If we weren't on position, we would step out onto the catwalk to bask in that glorious noise.

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El_Mnopo@reddit

Oooh yeah! It was a sound like no other.

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Internal-Fruit-1482@reddit

Miss the flight line as a whole.

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kinglax08@reddit

Finally #notaC-17

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Polly1011T121917@reddit

That’s a C-5

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Sc_e1@reddit

«not,a,c-17»

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Polly1011T121917@reddit

C-5A?

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sauceaddicttt@reddit

C5 galaxy?

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PittsPilotOSH@reddit

AKA FRED

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Nebnotrab1965@reddit

Fricking, ridiculous, economic disaster

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bytheseine@reddit

Err...C-5M

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McCheesing@reddit

Yup

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4uole@reddit

C-5 Air Force cargo plane. We have lot's of those here @ Travis Air Force Base in N. CALIFORNIA

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Kooky_Permission_600@reddit

I was playing golf out at Murphy Creek this morning and saw that beauty float by, awesome sight.

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PraetorAudax@reddit

I'd say it's C-5 galaxy nose sharper than Globemaster and more wheels.

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sacreddonut@reddit

Male plane

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SparklinClouds@reddit

Boeing 789

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Battlemanager@reddit

F.R.E.D.

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FragrantDegree3894@reddit

C-5a

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Individual_Pilot_985@reddit

C-5M*

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FragrantDegree3894@reddit

Ya, your correct of course. I'm old, I flew out of Nam on a C-5A..and now they are all Ms.or rotting in the dessert.

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SaltyMxSlave@reddit

Most of the As are in the desert. Most of the Ms were Bs at some point, with a couple of As in the mix.

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Individual_Pilot_985@reddit

Nah, the ones in Tucson are far from “rotting” in the desert.

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Aurther_morgan_AM@reddit

C-5

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_demon_llama_@reddit

FRED

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SPARTAN_0429@reddit

It's an aero-plane or airplane to his friends.

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Snoopy-thedog84@reddit

Galaxy Class - maybe Enterprise - obviously not the Yamato or the Odyssey

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krustyguy123@reddit (OP)

Live long and prosper my friends.

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usaff104@reddit

Es Fred

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Ineverseenthat@reddit

Navy guy here flew in one from Dover, Delaware to Germany, on a hop back to my ship. There is a 70+ person airliner compartment along the top and the bottom, a cargo hold big enough to hold two H-53 helicopters.

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SadSoil9907@reddit

Beautiful C-5.

On another note, any idea what they’ll replace them with when they finally retire the aircraft? Is there a plan for a new heavy lifter since the C-17 is out of production.

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logic-is-god@reddit

AIR. Duh

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4MAZ@reddit

A flying one.

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christiant91@reddit

A big-un

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solvraev@reddit

The first time I saw a C-5 take off was at Ft Sill. I was pretty sure something that big could not fly, so Oklahoma had to be sinking.

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Both-Leading3407@reddit

First time I saw it go airborne I thought to myself, "that's going too slow to get any lift??? " It's magical to watch one take off.

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MoistAd3568@reddit

C-5 Galaxy or Super Galaxy

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Both-Leading3407@reddit

It does look longer body than the ones we flew on in the mid 80's

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remuspilot@reddit

If you type "Big grey Military plane" to google, this is first result: https://www.google.com/search?q=big+grey+military+plane&oq=big+grey+military+plane&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIICAMQABgWGB4yDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyCggFEAAYgAQYogQyCggGEAAYgAQYogQyCggHEAAYgAQYogTSAQgzMDk1ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Come on. Picture is not fuzzy, there's no mystery. Do people have this low of an amount of intellectual curiosity? My curiosity would not allow me to even wait to have other people answer me, I'd find it on my own.

I get it when it is a silhouette, or a tough picture, but I literally see pictures of a helicopter that says "Royal Air Force" and when I type "helicopter royal air force" into google it is the first result.

I can't be the only one who is bothered by this outsourcing of googling where people refuse to spend literal two seconds of their own time to find out something.

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Relative-Egg8939@reddit

C5 Galaxy by the look of it, nothing else it can be as C141 Starlifter is way smaller .

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WhiskeyMikeMike@reddit

Good luck finding a flying c141

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Smartbrother20@reddit

I wish…loved the C-141

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Candid-Discipline971@reddit

The tube of pain was the worst ride of my life.

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Candid-Discipline971@reddit

Heck yeah, that’s Charlie. Or Fred.

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IM_REFUELING@reddit

Incredibly, not a C-17

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ClifftonSmith@reddit

I live 40 miles due south of Lackland AFB. I worked as an ARFF for Boeing for 12 years utilizing a shared runway with Lackland. This is 100% the new Cessna 172-800.

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JaviSATX@reddit

Been here my whole life, and I’ve never grown tired of seeing the C5’s float around the city skyline.

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saltshaker80@reddit

Is it an RG model??? Oh man that would be so exciting to see a new 172-800-RG.

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PrismDoug@reddit

I don’t know why, but the rename to Joint Base San Antonio just doesn’t sound as nice as Lackland.

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ClifftonSmith@reddit

I know why....it sucks! It should be Lackland AFB and Kelly AFB

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JaviSATX@reddit

That is a C-5M Galaxy. Biggest plane in the US military, and possibly in the world now that the late great 225 is no longer with us.

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Ilikebookstoo@reddit

Looks like a male plane.

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johnnyribcage@reddit

I think it’s a male plane.

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Significant_Onion_25@reddit

Fred

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Final-War-1945@reddit

Saw it transport 6 AV-8B Harrier jump jets inside it, once. It is a mammoth

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rich_doe@reddit

F35 for sure

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BaptismByBacon@reddit

Cessna, but can't tell if it's a 152 or 172 from this distance

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SpecificNegotiation3@reddit

C5 Galaxy

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Joey_jordisons_balls@reddit

C-5M Galaxy, a flying building

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Mpikoz@reddit

Not a piper mooney.

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Boating_Enthusiast@reddit

It looks like a C-5 Galaxy, but there's subtle clues to refute that. For instance, although it has the iconic T tail, four engines on high wing, and 28 wheels in the gear down position. If you look carefully, you'll notice that this aircraft is in the air, and not in a maintenance hanger while the crew enjoy a weekend pass in Kaiserslauten.

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