Elegant and Realistic Attributes Truly Magnify the Intricacy of Our C-5 Galaxy Model Airplane

Warplanes brings and introduces you a finely handcrafted Grey C-5 Galaxy Model Airplane made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Our highly skilled master craftsmen painstakingly and passionately worked on the Grey C-5 Galaxy Model Plane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.

The Grey C-5 Galaxy Model Airplane's paint scheme and markings are extremely accurate and precise, depicting the true original C-5 Galaxy model airplane. Like all other airplane models, the Grey C-5 Galaxy Model Plane comes complete with fuselage, wings and other intricate parts. It also comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your C5 Galaxy scale model plane to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality C 5 Galaxy model plane will surely mesmerize anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.

C-5A/B Galaxy Lockheed History:

The Lockheed C5 Galaxy is a military transport aircraft, the largest in the American military and one of the largest in the world. It was designed to carry outsize and oversize cargo, providing strategic heavy airlift over intercontinental distances. Operated by the United States Air Force (USAF), it is one of the physically largest aircraft in the world that is capable of flying on a regular basis.

The C 5 has a distinctive high T-tail and is similar in appearance to its smaller sister transport the C-141. It is equipped for aerial refueling, giving it an extended range. Nose and aft doors permit “drive-through” loading and unloading of cargo. The Galaxy is capable of carrying nearly all of the Army's combat equipment, including the 74-ton armored vehicle launched bridge, from the United States to any location in the world.

In the early 1970s, the C5 was considered by NASA for the role of Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, which was tasked to transport the Space Shuttle to Kennedy Space Center. However, the Boeing 747 was chosen instead due in part to its low-wing design. From 1981 to 1987, 77 C-5As underwent a re-winging program to increase their lifting capability and service life after wing cracks were found throughout the fleet. The redesigned wings were made of a new aluminum alloy that did not exist during the original production.