the L-500 was ironically crowded out of the civilian market by the same plane it beat in the military airlifter market—the Boeing 747. Despite its limited commercial capability, the C-5 Galaxy ...

This never built monster was called the Lockheed L-500 In 1968, the first supermassive C-5 galaxy took to the sky ... and prevent the 747 from ever taking flight. Some countries, including the ...

C-5 Super Galaxy is the updated variant of the C-5 Galaxy ... Since the end of the Boeing 747 production, nothing approaching the C-5s size is available as a new build aircraft. Standardised design, ...

But today we’re taking a moment to appreciate the largest jet in the U.S. military’s inventory: the Lockheed Martin C-5 Super Galaxy. The C-5 gives the U.S. an intercontinental strategic ...

That's the C-5 Galaxy, a massive transportation vessel that currently serves as the U.S. Air Force's only strategic airlifter. The craft was commissioned by the Air Force in 1965, with the first C ...