Share your memories of the past with our handcrafted C-5 A/B Galaxy display model plane.
Model Airplane: C-5 A/B Galaxy aircraft (White/Grey)
Wingspan: 18"
Fuselage Length: 20"
Scale: 1/150
Model Airplane Factory offers handmade Air Force C5 A B Galaxy Airlifter Wood Model Airplane, artistically created from the finest grade of kiln-dried Mahogany wood. The process starts from carving the fuselage of the C-5 A/B Galaxy display model plane and the intakes on the fuselage sides to the C-5 aircraft cruciform tail design, to the assembly of the whole model, and finally the final polishing of the C5 Galaxy white gray paint scheme. The rich color paint scheme and markings of the C-5 Galaxy aircraft are cautiously painted to the assembled c5 Galaxy model airplane.
The C-5 is the largest aircraft to ever operate in the Antarctic. Williams Field near McMurdo Station is capable of handling C-5 aircraft and the first C-5 landed there in 1989.
Fourteen C-5As have been retired as of 2005. Aircraft number 69-0004 was the first, sent to the Warner-Robins ALC for tear down and inspection. Data from inspection will be used to evaluate structural integrity and estimate remaining fleet lifespan. Thirteen C-5As were sent to the Air Force's Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) for inspection. At AMARC, 66-8306 underwent tear down and inspection similar to 69-0004 at WR-ALC. The remaining 12 will eventually be reclaimed as destructive inspection is performed on the airframes to test for corrosion and fatigue.
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