Airplane Watching and Recognition
- Antonov An-124
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy-
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This Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a high wing jet plane we have already seen on this web site (see BAe-146). It's the third largest plane in the world. It is used for military purposes only . The distinctive element between the C-5 and the AN-124 is the tail assembly. The C-5 has a T tail the An-124 has low stabilizers at the fuselage level. |
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| Just as a reminder : it may look like a BAe-146, but you cannot be fooled by the size... | |||||
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| Wing span of the C-5 is 67,88 meters. An-124 is 73,30 meters. The C-5 is longer (75,54m) than the An-124 (69.10m). The C-5 can carry about 120,000Kg the An-124 about 150,000Kg. Flying distance with maximum fuel load : C-5 (10 460Km), An-124 (16 500 Km). Note: The dimensions on the pictures can not be directly compared. The C-5 was photographed for close distance with a wade angle lens. The An-124 was photographed from a distance with a 500mm lens. |
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| The least we can say is that these planes use up tires!
Both have four front wheel tires. On the C-5 they are mounted by pair on both side of a unique front landing gear. The An-124 two front landing gears, side-by-side, each having two tires. As for the main gear, the C-5 has four groups of three landing gears each with two tires. Each group is in a triangle assemblage with one gear in front of the two others being side-by-side just behind the first one. Each "triplets" can be oriented by 45 degrees in onr way or the other thus facilitating ground maneuvers. |
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Texte / Text : Jean-Pierre Bonin © 1999-2000-2001
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You remember a few characteristics of the plane but can't remember the name?
Try this visual guide. I hope it will help you.Click on the drawings to go to the visual identification guide.
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