[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/autres-sujets-militaires-44/topic/comparaison-transporteurs-267/?post=42028#post-42028]nico2[/url] a dit le 17/09/2009 à 10:32 :[/b]

[quote="golgot1"][url=http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123167592]un petit coin de Normandie à faire palir l'armée de l'air, discretion assurée[/url] 8)[/quote]

 :D  Pas mort le C-5. Il faut dire que cette nouvelle version - C-5M - a l'air particulièrement réussie.

[quote][i]A Dover aircrew flying a C-5M Super Galaxy, named The Spirit of Normandy, unofficially set 41 world records in a single flight, taking off from the base before dawn Sept. 13. [/i][/quote]


41 records, rien que ça !!


[quote][i]One of the records broken during the flight was previously held by the Russians who set it in 1989 with a Tupolev Tu-160 aircraft, said Mr. Maynard. It's one of the more significant records broken: the altitude attained in horizontal flight. [/i][/quote]


Les Russes continuent de se faire tailler des croupières les pauvres... 

[quote][i]
The C-5M crew also set a new record for the greatest mass carried to 2,000 meters, set by a C-17A Globemaster III in 1993. The crew also broke six other records previously held by the C-17. [/i][/quote]


Le C-5M concrétise donc la revanche du [i]Galaxy[/i] sur le fameux C-17...


[quote]A C-5M, which was used for the record-breaking flight, is a C-5 Galaxy that has received a modernized glass cockpit and avionics upgrade as part of the Avionics Modernization Program and new engines through the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program.[/quote]


Bref, un nouvel avion, selon le principe “faire du neuf avec du vieux” !!


[quote]The C-5 Galaxy, one of the world's largest aircraft, has been the backbone of America's strategic airlift fleet since the late 1960s. However, years of wear and tear impacted the C-5s' reliability rates. Yet testing revealed the C-5 fleet had 80 percent of its structural service life remaining. Rather than doing away with the aircraft, Lockheed Martin officials proposed a plan in September 1998 to update the C-5 Galaxy fleet with new avionics and engines. 

These improvements are predicted to raise the aircraft's reliability levels. [/quote]

[i]As it seems, mission accomplished [/i] !


[quote]"This aircraft is capable of significantly shorter take-offs than the previous (C-5) aircraft," said Lt. Col. Mike Semo, 709th Airlift Squadron pilot and C-5M Program Office chief." We are able to take more cargo farther distances with greater reliability. They've also vastly improved to a glass cockpit, which results in greater situational awareness for the pilots. There are upgrades to navigation, safety equipment, communications and a new autopilot system. This really is a modern aircraft for a modern Air Force." [/quote]


Très bon ça ! Les capacités de décollage étaient justement un des points noirs du C-5; alors que celui-ci soit corrigé… Magnifique !


[quote]Current Air Force plans call for Lockheed Martin to deliver 52 C-5Ms by 2016. Dover currently has three C-5Ms.[/quote]

Un beau programme. Décidément, les américains ont tout de même une bonne stratégie quant à leurs avions cargos ![/quote]