bobdina
09-11-2009, 04:31 PM
C-5M to go for world flight records at Dover
Staff report
Posted : Friday Sep 11, 2009 12:55:48 EDT
It could be a record-breaking day Sunday in the skies over Dover Air Force Base, Del.
A C-5M Super Galaxy will attempt to set or break 33 world records in a single flight taking off from the base, a Dover release said.
The attempt will include altitude, payload and time-to-climb records. For example, with a payload of 80,000 kilograms — about 177,000 pounds — the C-5M will climb higher than 10,000 meters. If successful, the records will “trickle down” to lighter payloads and lower altitudes.
A National Aeronautic Association official will be on board to document the world record attempt.
The C-5M is an upgraded version of the venerable C-5. The M-model flies with more powerful engines, enabling the transport, the service’s largest jet, to climb faster and fly higher with heavier payloads.
Dozens of other improvements and a digital cockpit are predicted to raise the jet’s reliability levels.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/09/airforce_dover_record_c5m_091109w/
Staff report
Posted : Friday Sep 11, 2009 12:55:48 EDT
It could be a record-breaking day Sunday in the skies over Dover Air Force Base, Del.
A C-5M Super Galaxy will attempt to set or break 33 world records in a single flight taking off from the base, a Dover release said.
The attempt will include altitude, payload and time-to-climb records. For example, with a payload of 80,000 kilograms — about 177,000 pounds — the C-5M will climb higher than 10,000 meters. If successful, the records will “trickle down” to lighter payloads and lower altitudes.
A National Aeronautic Association official will be on board to document the world record attempt.
The C-5M is an upgraded version of the venerable C-5. The M-model flies with more powerful engines, enabling the transport, the service’s largest jet, to climb faster and fly higher with heavier payloads.
Dozens of other improvements and a digital cockpit are predicted to raise the jet’s reliability levels.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/09/airforce_dover_record_c5m_091109w/