C-5 Galaxy Aircraft

The C-5 is one of the largest aircraft in the world. It can carry outsized cargo intercontinental ranges and can take off or land in relatively short distances. Ground crews can load and off load the C-5 simultaneously at the front and rear cargo openings since the nose and aft doors open the full width and height of the cargo compartment. It can also "kneel down" to facilitate loading directly from truck bed levels. 

C-5 is High flotation landing gear with 28 wheels sharing the weight.

C-5 is Full width drive-on ramps at each end for loading double rows of vehicles.

C-5 is an automatic trouble-shooting system that records and analyzes information and detects malfunctions in more than 800 test points.

C-5 can able to take off fully loaded within 8,300 feet (2,530 meters) and land within 4,900 feet (1,493 meters).

The C-5 is similar in appearance to the smaller transport aircraft, the C-141 Star lifter, although the C-5 is much larger. Both aircraft have the distinctive high T-tail, 25-degree wing sweep and four turbofan engines mounted on pylons beneath the wings.

The Galaxy carries nearly all of the Army's combat equipment, including such heavy oversized items such as its 74-ton mobile scissors bridge, from the United States to any theater of combat on the globe.

Four TF-39 turbofan engines power the big C-5. They are pylon-mounted and rated at 41,000 pounds thrust each. They weigh 7,900 pounds (3,555 kilograms ) each and have an air intake diameter of more than 8.5 feet (2.6 meters). Each engine pod is nearly 27 feet long (8.2 meters).

The Galaxy has 12 internal wing tanks with a total capacity of 51,150 gallons (194,370 liters) of fuel  enough to fill more than six regular size railroad tank cars. The fuel load weighs 332,500 pounds (150,820 kilograms) allowing the C-5 with a load of 204,904 pounds (92,207 kilograms) to fly 2,150 nautical miles, offload, and fly to a second base 500 nautical miles away from the original destination all without aerial refueling. With aerial refueling, crew endurance is the only limit to the aircraft's range.