The C-5 Galaxy History: Crushing Setbacks, Decisive Achievements
The C-5 Galaxy is truly an effective military aircraft. It remains an essential, successful component of the U.S. military airlife capability. This book reveals the events that led to the C-5 requirement; and the controversies of its early operational existence. Details of testing, flight characteristics, operational accomplishments and world flight records are presented. Interviews from senior Lockheed management and experienced flight crews validate the C-5's decisive accomplishments.
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Book details
- Author
- Roger Launius
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- History › Military › Aviation & Space
Transportation › Aviation › History
Technology & Engineering › Military Science - Topics
- military aviation · aviation history · U.S. Air Force · military transport aircraft · Lockheed aircraft · flight testing · airlifts
- ISBN-13
- 9781563117640 (Hardcover)9781681624389 (Paperback)
About the author
ROGER D. LAUNIUS is an American historian who has written or edited more than thirty books on aerospace history.
Launius is a recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and the Exceptional Achievement Medal. He earned a PhD in history from Louisiana State University in 1982, served as chief historian of NASA from 1990 to 2002, and retired in 2017 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.