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C-130

C-130 Overview:

C-130 Hercules airplane photoThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for military forces worldwide. The plane has been a part of many events, most recently The Iraq War (also known as the Second Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation TELIC). December 2006 will mark 50 years of continuous use with the United States Air Force.

Capable of short takeoffs and landings from unprepared runways, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation and cargo transport aircraft. The versatile airframe has found uses in a variety of other roles, including as a gunship, airborne assault, search and rescue, scientific research support and reconnaissance, aerial refuelling and aerial firefighting. The Hercules family has the longest continuous production run of any military aircraft in history.

First Flight: 1954
Number Built: 2265
Plane Cost: $66.5 million (C-130J)

Characteristics:

  • Crew: 4-6: at least 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, and 1 loadmaster; additional loadmaster and navigator are usually part of the crew.
  • Capacity: 92 passengers or 64 airborne troops or 74 litter patients with 2 medical personnel
  • Payload: 45,000 lb
  • Length: 97 ft
  • Wingspan: 132
  • Height: 38 ft
  • Wing area: 1,745 ft²
  • Empty weight: 83,000 lb
  • Useful load: 72,000 lb
  • Max takeoff weight: 155,000 lb
  • Powerplant: 4× Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,300 shp (3,210 kW) each
  • Maximum speed: 379 mph
  • Cruise speed: 336 mph
  • Range: 2,360 mi
  • Service ceiling: 33,000 ft

C-130J Photo from LittleRock.af.mil

 More information on the C-130J can be found at:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130

C-5

C-5 Overview

C-5 Galaxy Cargo PlaneThe Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a military transport aircraft designed to provide strategic heavy airlift over intercontinental distances. It is the largest American military transport and one of the largest military aircraft in the world, designed to carry outsize and oversize cargo. The C-5 was designed and produced by Lockheed and is used throughout the world exclusively by the United States Air Force. The C5 is the BIGGEST cargo plane in the US airforce with the capability of carrying 6 loaded greyhound busses!

Introduced June 1970
Number built 131
Unit cost $167.7 million (C-5B)

Characteristics

  • Crew: 7: Pilot, copilot, two flight engineers, three loadmasters
  • Payload: 270,000 lb
  • Length: 247 ft
  • Wingspan: 222 ft
  • Height: 65 ft
  • Wing area: 6,200 ft²
  • Empty weight: 380,000 lb
  • Loaded weight: 769,000 lb
  • Max takeoff weight: 840,000 lb
  • Powerplant: 4× General Electric TF39 high-bypass turbofans, 43,000 lbf (190 kN) each
  • Maximum speed: 570 mph
  • Range: 3,749 mi
  • Service ceiling: 34,000 ft
  • Rate of climb: 1,800 ft/min
  • Wing loading: 120 lb/ft²
  • Takeoff roll: 8,400 ft
  • Landing roll: 3,600 ft

C-5 Photo from LittleRock.af.mil

 More information on the C-5 can be found at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-5_Galaxy

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