WEIGHTY MATTERS
David Hughes's article on the C-5B mishap at Dover AFB, Del. (AW&ST Apr. 10, p. 32) had an inaccurate number. The empty weight of a C-5A/B is about 375,000 lb., not 330,000. As a longtime C-5 pilot, a typical Rota, Spain, mission would involve 100,000 lb. of cargo with a ramp fuel load of about 225...
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