(08-02-2020, 11:33 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(08-02-2020, 11:20 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: ...and we've moved on to reducing the amount of C5's. Pretty sure the Air Force is trying to expand that number. Those planes are instrumental in troop and equipment transport. 

I was on a C5 that cracked mid flight. I've been afraid to fly ever since. I mean, I still fly... it just comes with anxiety.

C-5s are being phased out and have been for a while. The AF calls them FREDs: Fu, er, Freaking Ridiculous Economic Disasters. While they can hold a lot, they also break a lot. C-17s are taking their place, which are wonderful aircraft that fly with a joystick.

This could be. I read an article a few years back about the Air Force increasing the number of C-5's in their fleet, but I couldn't tell you how long ago that was. I remember they had cut their fleet in half, but were going to make some more for some reason. Can't remember the details. It's not really a subject I follow. 

I can tell you that we flew through a typhoon on the way from Hawaii to S. Korea, and the turbulence was so bad, everyone thought we were going to die. I was making light of the situation. We made an emergency stop in Guam, and when we got off, I made a joke to the pilot about the fun ride. He said, "son, you don't know how close we came to dying. That hull is split from wing to wing, and I have no idea what kept that plane together."

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