EPIC Morning Spotting | C-5 , KC-135 , B747 , Dash8 | Prestwick Airport 2018
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2024
- After a snap decision on the Tuesday night to visit Prestwick Airport for the arrival of the 2 US Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxys, more and more interesting movements came in,further adding to the excitement that Wednesday morning.
After both C-5s landed a KC-135 Tanker came into land, then shortly afterwards an L-3 Communications (Converted ex Flybe Dash8 with a big bulge in its middle) departed out, then another KC-135 arrived and both Galaxys departed as a Cargolux 747 arrived.
All in all there was so much to see that morning that it truly made the trip to Prestwick all the more worthwhile.
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Seeing this giant appearing out of the clouds is breathtaking. Wish I could see them in person. Kudos to all the pilots and air personnel
It really is amazing to see.
In 87 I got out of the Navy when my Carrier was deployed in the Arabian Sea (USS Constellation CV-64). I was shot off in a S-3A Viking and flown to BIOT (Diego Garcia). From there a C-5 Galaxy took me to Okinawa Japan and onto LAX. I finally was discharged in San Diego a month later. I can tell you that flying in the Galaxy is very similar to a large commercial aircraft, very smooth and comfy in the passenger cabin.The engines were quite loud on takeoff and boarding thru the main cavernous cargo deck and climbing two decks of ladder to get to the passenger cabin on top was unique.
Very nice experience. Looks like a great one to get to fly on.
How was the food🤔jk
Grey was the day and grey were the planes. Fabulous and stylish video. Thanks.
It was indeed. With the odd Cargolux to add a splash of Red and Ryanair with a dash of blue. Thanks for watching.
Being from Fayetteville, NC I've seen Pope Air Force and Ft. Bragg. a plenty, but you can't not love a video like this. Well done
Thanks so much Cynthia, it really is impressive to see.
Really beautiful and cute 2 see 2 x C5 Galaxies coming 1 behind the other
They certainly are awesome to see. Thanks for watching.
@@JonathanWinton123 Wlcm
Variety of great shots here! Love the C-5 spray...
Thank'you so much for watching mate.
Those C-5s were my favourite to film, so great to see them here in the UK.
butter-smooth landings by those C-5M Galaxy pilots!
And delivered by them too
Worked with those beast now retired ! Never get tired seeing or watching Fred land or takeoff ! Only thing is me who is retired from the USAF !
Nice one, they truly are incredible machines.
Seeing that C5 from behind on the runway is quite a breath taking sight. Almost make you feel like you’re a tiny person in a giants world. Great video btw. I’m honestly jealous that you get to witness such awesomeness in person.😂😊
It really is an impressive aircraft. Until you see it up-close you don't appreciate quite how huge the C-5 is 😁
I knew the C5a was enormous but that Ryan Air 737 put it in perspective for me. Wow what a beast.
It does doesn't it? The C5 is huge.
Estos vídeos de aeronaves son súper desestresantes. Son una terapia en si.
Gracias !
Me alegro de que disfrutes viéndolas. Gracias por tu comentario.
2nd C-5 Galaxy landing was perfect, better than the first one which wasn't bad either and the KC-135 was just a perfect landing. Well trained pilots and that's the difference.
Very well trained, you're absolutely right.
I remember working at the Boeing Renton Washington plant where I was a rib setter and rivet bucker on 707 main wings back in 1966. Fun and interesting job.
That would be quite a job to do. Thanks for watching.
Lucky you. And to think, you worked on some of the finest airplanes ever created! Congratulations!
...had a chance to board a C-5 while in Aviation school several yrs ago. The Most amazing A/C that bad boy is!
Lucky you mate. They are such amazign aircraft.
Well done...amazing 20 second take offs from the C5's...excellent footage.
Thank's very much for watching. The C5s were amazing to see. 👍✈
Years ago when the C-5 first came out, we had one land at Norton AFB CA. It knelt down but wouldn't get back up. A second C-5 came in with parts, and broke down also. Then a third one came in to fix the second one, and broke. We had one taxiway full of C-5s because we had no room in our parking area. It took about three days to fix them all.
Nice one, they are amazing machines.
Incredibly light heading out. The C5s didnt even use 3k of runway upon departure. Awesome vid!
Thanks for watching it. I know it was amazing how quickly they departed. Cheers.
@@JonathanWinton123 As powerful as the engines are, if they are light they can liftoff real quick.
Beautiful. Video with some of my favourite birds . Wish there was a C 17 and a B 52 .Thank you for the excellent filming although it was a grey day it was clear on the screen .
Thanks veyr much, yeah same here. But to see the C-5s was great.
wow the kc135 that landing is the smoothest landing i ever seen. nice landing !!!!
It really was very smooth
The galaxys tail is bigger than most lighter planes...its a beast....look at the cars slowing down on road to look ...loaded one of these at St Athans in the 90`s....double decker buses...no problem get 4 in...gear doors alone bigger than transit van.... imagine one of these converted to commercial carrier....would sell out tickets
I always think that too, imagine if it was a passenger aircraft, the amount of people you could get onboard would be amazing.
That was a perfect pure landing in bad weather, kudos to those pilots.
They were both fantastic landings I agree.
I really love learning about the big, mighty and powerful C5M Super Galaxy
They truly are amazing machines. This was my first time seeing them up-close.
@@JonathanWinton123
wait,
you have seen a C5M Super Galaxy up close?
I have seen pictures, videos, and I have even seen a documentary called 'Mighty Planes' on the C5m Super Galaxy
If you have actually watched this video you will see that I filmed a C-5 Galaxy up close 🤣
C-5M Super and variants of the 747-400 uses the same GE CF6 engines.
These Super Galaxy planes sound more or less like regular big jets. The older model Galaxy had different engines with a very distinctive sound. You knew exactly what plane it was from the engine sound.
They do yes, especially when they depat, but the size of them is so impressive.
@@JonathanWinton123 took a hop on a C5 from Korea to the USA back in 1987. Plane had about 75 regular airline seats on the upper level (just aft of the cockpit). Faced backwards (Air Force thing, I guess. I'm Army.) Stopped in Japan, Alaska, and Washington. Real smooth flight, although it was tough to tell when we were close to landing. No windows! Real beastie boy!!
Weren't the older ones Pratt & Whitneys?
Oh, and I do miss that sound! If only they still flew them, how I'd love to hear that sound again.
Great Vid! love it! the C5 behind the RyanAir was like yum lunch!!
Haha that was one of my favourite moments too. Thanks for watching.
All the Military Aircrafts were sitting in the background looking at the others planes like night stalkers 🤣🤣😎🇺🇸
Every landing and take-off . Awesome
There was plenty to see, thanks.
I can’t believe you saw two C5Ms your a lucky guy by seeing two C5S!
I did indeed, it was so cool to see the 2 of them land & depart!
These heavies get airborne fast!! Great video!
The C-5s shot off like a rocket 🚀
Notice a crew member emerging out of the top hatch, on the first Galaxy at 2:52. And then on the second Galaxy at 6:51, a crew member emerges...Very good footage!
Thats right, I presume theyre to assist the pilots in taxiing to give them a birds eye view from the top.
The Dash looks really amazing- love it :-)!
It really does look cool. :)
Amazing, less than half runway
Boy, That second Galaxy greased it if I've ever seen one!
It certainly did, great landing.
What a short C-5 departure !👌
It was a very short one 👍
when I was in the USAF, we only had propeller planes so no jet lag :)
Even better 😁
only prop jobs? Hmmm, what about the B-45 Tornado bomber 1947? 20k payload, ceiling 45k+ and.... 143 made too. And that was just the begining of the Jet Age from there. You must be ancient lol
Good one! 👍
It's just amazing to me how much runway space these big birds use (not much) to takeoff. I think they call it STOL (Short takeoff and landing). These big birds are amazing!!
The short takeoff is due to a low payload and fuel on departure.
Great to see them use so little runway
Ha ha! Anyone else notice the guy go over and kick the tires of the c5? That was hilarious! TIRE KICKER!
I hadn't noticed that. Thanks for watching mate.
Amazing show
Thanks for watching it 👍
That's a lot of heavy lift showing up at the same time. Interesting things must come and go from Prestwick.
There is. At the time this was all in the lead up to Donald Trump's visit.
Beautiful landing, I couldn't have done any better....
It certainly was, especially with the C5.
What an amazing traffic, fantastic compilation Jonathan. Well done!
mylosairplanefan xxxxxxx!m
It really was a fantastic day Mylos. Thankyou so much for watching it.
Nice Landing!
Thanks very much mate :)
Even though the C-5 is 3rd biggest plane in the world I think is the nicest looking of the top 3.
I completely agree. It's almost better than the 747! I love the high wing design of the C-5.
By far!
Excellent video good to hear comms as well thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much. Appreciate you watching it :)
The size of those C-5's is enormous....consider that an engine alone is almost the size of a city bus.
They are absolutely huge, especially when you see what they are able to transport. Very impressive.
Insane how quickly the Super Galaxy takes off.
It can get airborne very quickly with no cargo inside it.
Who’s else saw the c5 and instantly clicked on it
That was my highlight.
Dd
Me
That would be me!
I see C5's everyday 🤣
Mighty impressive compilation Jon! Some superb movements here for AF1 :D
They were fantastic to see at PIK. Thank' you so much for watching and your comment mate 😊✈
I did, love watching them
Same here.
Love this video...👍👍👍🇺🇸
Thanks very much for watching it 😊
Super Flugzeug. Die Triebwerke müssen sehr viel Leistung haben weil die Startstrecke enorm kurz ist. Das hintere Fahrwerk lenkt in Kurven mit. Enorme Vorflügel und das T-Leitwerk ist
beeindruckend.
Thanks for watching, they truly are amazing aircraft to see.
Very impressive to see up-close.
The moon a320 Airbus what a propeller engine sound omg the tone of it is amazing
Thanks for watching, sadly no A320s to see here.
Excellent! Enjoyed watching 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks so much for watching it 👍
Verry interesting this Prestwick airport.... . It seems to be more active than East Midlands, where i usually go for spotting...
It does indeed. This particular day too was really odd as there was so much activity within the few hours we were there.
I miss the days of BMI Baby at East Mids.
Absolutely fantastic viewing, superb!!!!!!!🇨🇦
Thanks so much for watching. Appreciate it :)
Whats amazing is watching a machine bigger than some ships come out of the sky and land with mo problem
It is truly amazing and awesome to see.
I love these gigantic planes in the military
Me too. Thanks for watching.
Very nice !!Good job . Alain
Thanks for watching Alain
Great vid!
Thanks Tony.
Wow! How can this HUGE C-5 can make take-off SO shortly?
It truly is amazing to see how easily it lifts off the ground.
Lots of power.
Can you imagine being on the Ryanair 737 as it went past and look over at the Galaxy staring down on you? Insane size difference. I read you could put a 737 fuselage inside of a Galaxy
You can yes the size difference is huge.
I read that the engine on a C5 is as wide as the body of a 737 !!
The sound of freedom...
And C-5 Galaxy's, even better.
A beautiful sight.
It sure is
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Thanks for watching it Jose :)
A C-5, what I imagine a 747 would look like, were it a double decker all the way!
It is an amazing aircraft. Would love to see what a passenger variant would look like.
I remember when a C5 did an Emergency landing at Glasgow ... I saw it as well ..
Oh nice, when abouts was that?
@@JonathanWinton123 One of the crew took ill . Had to divert to Glasgow . Made the STv news .More than 20 yrs ago ..Summers night
I've just seen the thumbnail and it makes me think that the C-5 Galaxy is the military equivalent of the Antonov An-124
It almost is really, they do have similarities.
@@JonathanWinton123 yea, if you make it look that little big bigger, and add one engine to each side, it'll literally be a military An-225 :P
C5 was built and in service long before the 124 was even designed built etc ... when all it is really is a Copy of the C5 ..
Public comments.it amazing to watch a beautiful plain landing . great job congrats to pilots
Thanks for watching.
Glad to see some unnoticed C5 capabilities for me:
1- Bending down for self cargo load operations.
2- Short take off length (they were light I suppose)
3- Landing gear rotation between retracted and deployed positions. Have there been any incidents where the gear rotation has failed?
I am not too sure. It is a very capable aircraft.
Wow I didn't realise how awesome the condensation was on that Ryanair departing! And again you got such a brilliant shot of the aircraft coming down on it's nose at 18:30:D We really had such a good morning of spotting. Liked!
It was amazing that condensation mate. We really did, it was so worth going across for these movements. Greta to have yous as great company too. Cheers mate :D
The C 5 is a Dover Bird. I live about 20 minutes west of Dover Air Force Base here in Central Delaware.
The first C 5 is the Dover Bird, the 2nd one is from Travis Air Force Base, California
It is indeed. So great to see the across in the UK.
At first I thought some school children were running out to meet it. That's a big plane. (No I hadn't been drinking).
Haha not quite.
best plane spotter: you
Aww thanks.
Powerful!
Certainly is
What were the galaxy's bringing in folks awesome catch
Thanks for watching, they were brining them in ahead of Trumps visit.
What a great aircraft
They certainly are. Thanks for watching.
Another fantastic video. I felt I was there with you. You really are very good at this.
Thats very kind of you thankyou.
Casual ryanair pilot:hey that is a massive noise it’s not our plane is it? Lockheed C-5:nah bro it’s just me
Haha classic Ryanair
Those C-5’s must have been a POTUS visit
They were in preparation for his visit.
Wow! Look at he size of that monster!
It is HUGE. So good to see 2 of them.
I like Ryanair Pilots - with a boss like theirs SOMEONE needs to do. ;o)
Haha so true 😂
What a superb landing the C5A Pilots greased it. The second C5A landing was as soft as the first all wheels touch down in unison. What was going on a joint Royal Air Force- US Air Force training excessive? I was watching a show about the Cold War and one RAF bomber pilot said that for years the RAF carried out simulated training missions bombing Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and Denver nightly. I assume that for training purposes that the Western US was meant to play the role of the USSR.
Actually no, not the Russian side of the US. You are probably talking about Red Flag exercises held since 1975 at Nellis AFB outside Las Vegas, they hold Red flags for all allied countries from NATO along with non NATO countries that are still US allies.
Countries like India, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel most of South America and just about the entire Pacific rim countries. just about every country over the years have attended Red Flag exercises at Nellis AFB that are held six times a year.. But you wont find Russian, Chinese, North Korean or Syrian fighters and bombers there.
Nellis AFB is where the British were likely based during these mock attacks on SLC, LV and many other cities in the west that were probably attacked during Red flag exercises.
The western United States from the north at the Canadian border and up into Canada to the Mexican border at the south is still the training area for Red flags with Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Reno and many medium sized cities between.
1500 miles north to south at the US border with Mexico across Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico's that they border with Mexico about 600 miles wide at the border and up 200 to 500 miles wide of a corridor right up into Canada.
They can break the sound barrier in most areas along this large corridor and dog fight all the way down to 5,000 feet above the hard deck. This area is the size of the UK, mainland Europe all the way to Russia.
Red flag exercises pitting a highly trained red force of American fighter pilots vs the blue force of all the allied and NATO countries that fight as one against the Red force. The red force fighter and bomber pilots have trained only in Russian and Chinese tactics for years and also only speak in Russian to their ground crews, home base tower and their leaders headquarters that are all stationed at Crete AFB about 100 miles from Nellis AFB.
The red force is to protect Crete AFB in scenario's that include that type of mission. The red force fly F-5's, F-16's and F-15's that have been built to emulate Russian and Chinese aircraft. They have been tuned to turn, climb and perform as close as they can to Russian fighters and bombers. They even have them painted up in their colors.
I dont know If were aware of Red Flag exercises but they are very detailed air combat "good guy" blue forces vs "bad guy" red forces. They have thousands of hi def cameras on all the planes while each aircraft has a red flag pod that sends real time information back to the war room where everyone involved will be apart of the critiquing of every single move they did while fighting or if they breached the rules and end up getting kicked out of red flag.
Look up Red flag, it will tell you about all the countries that have partisapated over the years including the ones that participate two, three or more times a year.
They countries that come to red flag the most are Germany, Briton, France, Israel, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italians and the Netherlands. Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, all of the friendly middle east countries and even countries like India or Pakistan (not lately though) are usually one time a year countries.
Poland this year was it's first time flying their brand new and very latest block 75 F-16's to replace their falling apart Mig-29's.
I have been able to attend several red flags as a representative of Pratt & Whitney military propulsion systems. I work out of Edward's AFB in Southern California...home of the X-planes and Chuck Yeagers breaking of the sound barrier.
Check these sites for red flag info.
www.nellis.af.mil/Home/Flying-Operations/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Red_Flag
And some great videos.
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@@pwengineering9070 think this is what Bobby Paluga was talking about ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Skyshield
Thanks for watching, the C5s were fantastic to see.
Awesome video and giant beasts flying! I subbed!
They really are amazing machines. Thanks for watching.
The tanker looked like tail number 59-1523. I didn't think they were still flying the older tankers.
It is quite an age that one.
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Great video!! Boy I miss the sound of the TF39s but the old bird seems to move out quite a bit better with the new engines.I bet the pilots don't miss the TF39s lol.
Thanks very much, oh definitely. I remember the distinctive rumble every time one went OTT.
Haha yeah, and I'll bet the lower fuel burn will be welcome with the new CF-6
Brilliant Video Thanks For Sharing Iv Subbed And Liked Big Thanks
Thanks very much for watching. :)
@@JonathanWinton123 you welcome matey
0:52 C5 pilots subtle nose up salute 👌
Haha they are very quick to get off the ground.
Regarding the short takeoff runs, does the USAF not use derated thrust (assumed temperature) takeoff procedures when possible?
I'm not sure when it comes to these huge machines. It may be slighly de-rated.
Looked like 3 inoperative ground spoilers on the Travis bird. Anyone know if there was mission essential equipment list change on the M model? A/B/C I worked on at Travis that was no go usually caught during the -1 Preflight or prechecks? Must have been fun getting traction on a wet runway with 3 inop ground spoilers?
I didn't notice that till you pointed out the spoilers.
And i thought you werent suppose to do a smooth landing on wet weather because of skidding and it will mess up the tires? As explained by Capt. Joe. Correct me if Im wrong.
Each aircraft is different, and it depends on the airport.
LIKE THE OLD C5 SOUND,HUNDRED TIMES BETTER.IT'S LOST IT'S MOJO..
Totally agree with you there.
At the end "Queen of the Skies" just missed departure of her Lockheed cousins.
It did indeed, cannot beat the elegance of the 747.
I was driving past this airport and I look up to my sunroof and there is a freaking plane wing right above me!😅
Oh how I wish I still had a sunroof 😂
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Jonathan Winton 😂 just lucky I had the sunroof closed cause I might’ve been deaf!
The C-5 got off the ground quick, lite load of people will allow that.
It certainly lifted off very quick your right.
If it was what you said in a previous post about activity preceding the arrival of President Trump, those C-5's are landing decently heavy.
Everywhere the President goes, they have to send the Presidential Motorcade. Usually 2-3 limousines, which are heavily armour reinforced and explosion proof windows and body panels. I would guess that each limousine is extremely heavy because of that.
They also send other motorcade vehicles: SUV's, bigger luxury type cars, and possibly motorcycles as well.
They dont leave anything to chance when our President travels. That 1st KC-135 was most likely there to refuel the C-5's. The 2nd KC-135 Is normally there to refuel Air Force One. Even though England and the United States are strong and trusted allies, they wont risk fueling Air Force 1 with any fuel other than pre-checked fuel. Its exclusive to AF1.
They have the fuel filtered and analyzed before its loaded into a tanker plane dedicated to AF1. That's for obvious reasons. Airport fueling systems can be compromised and harmful contaminants could possibly end up in AF1's tanks. Also you need to remember..that 2 747's with the United States livery are flown to.each destination. That is for both security and also if the primary plane develops a problem, there is a back up plane. AF1 designation is only used once the President is on board.
Also, the U.S. govt sends THREE identical helicopters to most destinations. The helicopter that the President is on is Marine 1.
I know I probably yapped about stuff that most know about. What I was trying to do is give a picture of what all goes on before the President of the United States arrives at any destination. Anywhere in the world. It's an awful lot of prepreparation to say the least.
Thank you for the quality video. Even though the weather was rather bleak, you captured everything In great detail.
Thanks again sir!!
Time to add a possibly stupid comment.......but here goes......as the Dash begins its take off rotation, is that just a video effect of frame rate, zoom, my crappy monitor etc or is it really some spiral vortex created by the tips of the props? Oh....and why would the rudder on the KC be going all over the shop when taxi-ing?
It is just prop spin you are seeing there. As the camcorder picks up the increase in speed, it tends to freeze the prop so it looks like it slows and blurs.
I like! Nice video!!!! :-))
Thanks veyr much mate. :-)
The C5 is just how like love my women, big and beautiful.
Thanks for watching.
what are those bumps on the side of that military Q - 400 fuselage . . . . a bomb bay ?
No it is a radar/communications device.
Love it
Thanks for watching.
Why are the C-5 call sign REACH? How do they come up with these call signs?
Good question, I'm not entirely sure why.
What's L3 doing with a Dash? A flying Test Bed?
It was a new one they added in 2018
Very impressive C5 and its very short run when taking off - empty … Strange that the Cargolux 747F engines are in the reverse position, even before touching the ground ??? is it compliant with the rules ? and what if it had to perform a go-around, for some reason (runway incursion or anything else that can happen) ?
It really is an impressive aircraft.
I believe so yes, no really issue