C-5 Galaxy

Trivia

The C-5 aircraft can hold

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• 277,000 twelve fluid ounce (355 ml) cans of beverage,
• 76,000 750 ml bottles of wine,
• 752,000 hockey pucks,
• 328,000,000 aspirin tablets,
• 2,400,000 golf balls,
• 10,700 bushels of unshelled Virginia peanuts,
• 25,800,000 ping pong balls,
• 100 Volkswagen Beetles,
• 6 Greyhound buses,
• 3 battle tanks, or
• Enough fuel for the average American car to make 130 round trips from Los Angeles to New York, or to make 31 trips around the world.

Additionally,

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• The cargo compartment is big enough for an eight-lane bowling alley.
• The length of the cargo compartment is longer than the distance flown during the Wright brothers' first flight.
• The C-5 fuel load is almost equal to the gross weight of a C-141 Starlifter.
• The rudder area is the same as the wing area on the F-104G aircraft.
• The paint weighs 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms).
• The C-5 contains more than 103 miles (165 km) of wire, 4 miles (6 km) of tubing, and 5 miles (8 km) of control cables.
• Each TF-39 engine gulps approximately 42 short tons (38 metric tons) of air per minute.
• Each tire wears down approximately 0.002 inch (0.05 mm) per landing.
• Each engine total power output equals the power produced by 800 average automobiles combined.
• The C-5 is also known as FRED (Fucking Ridiculous Economic Disaster) by its crews
• The aircraft averages 16 hours of maintenance for every hour in the air.
• The Air Force expects to still be using C5s in the 2040s.