A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

Tom Gardner wrote:
A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.


any pictures? otherwise why did you post this?
Michelle

"Michelle" wrote in message
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Tom Gardner wrote:
A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.
any pictures? otherwise why did you post this?
Michelle

Turn on your TV...it's everywhere, except the cartoon chanel.

Tom Gardner wrote:
"Michelle" wrote in message
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Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

any pictures? otherwise why did you post this?
Michelle


Turn on your TV...it's everywhere, except the cartoon chanel.


You cold have said that the first time.
Looks like getting out was not a problem.
Michelle

Saw a pic on Fox, the front quarter is snapped off and laying at right
angle to the rest. Wings are still attached, some fire on the ground
behind the inboard right engine, but not big. Looks like a puddle of fuel.

Just on Fox again. They had mechanical trouble and were coming back to
land. Went in a couple hundred yards short of the runway in a field. All
fires are out.

Michelle wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:
A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be
parted out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

any pictures? otherwise why did you post this?
Michelle

Saw the same - one wing had the foam all flat - which means the press
were kept well away just in case.

I heard the crew for the most part (wondered what that meant) got out easily -
some had fuel spilled upon them.

With a fire in an engine and a wing full of fuel - they did good getting
back to the base and on the grass.

I lost a good friend in the first C5 crash - he was the co-pilot and was
back on the rear gate that would not close during the emergency takeoff.

Big planes don't have many crashes - but make the news when they do.
It was a time that the Air force or other armed forces would have a mishap
once or twice a year. Not in a long time.

Martin

Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH & Endowment Member
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member


Louis Ohland wrote:
Saw a pic on Fox, the front quarter is snapped off and laying at right
angle to the rest. Wings are still attached, some fire on the ground
behind the inboard right engine, but not big. Looks like a puddle of fuel.

Just on Fox again. They had mechanical trouble and were coming back to
land. Went in a couple hundred yards short of the runway in a field. All
fires are out.

Michelle wrote:

Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be
parted out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

any pictures? otherwise why did you post this?
Michelle

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Video and still pics at
www.cnn.com

It's unlikely that the plane will be rebuilt. The C-5 is so big that is
fairly spindly, it doesn't take kindly to being thrashed like this. But
almost any aircraft can be rebuilt/reworked if you spend enough $$ on it.

Michelle wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be
parted out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

any pictures? otherwise why did you post this?
Michelle

On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:40:30 GMT, RoyJ wrote:

Video and still pics at
www.cnn.com

It's unlikely that the plane will be rebuilt. The C-5 is so big that is
fairly spindly, it doesn't take kindly to being thrashed like this. But
almost any aircraft can be rebuilt/reworked if you spend enough $$ on it.
Doncha just have to jack up the exhaust and slide a new plane in place
of the old one?
ERS

Michelle wrote:
Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be
parted out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

any pictures? otherwise why did you post this?
Michelle

Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.




If they still can find the name tag (serial number etc.) then its
fixable. It might be cheaper to
buy a new one however.

Bill k7NOM

"Bill Janssen" wrote in message
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| Tom Gardner wrote:
|
| A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
| out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.
|
|
|
|
| If they still can find the name tag (serial number etc.) then its
| fixable. It might be cheaper to
| buy a new one however.
|
| Bill k7NOM

That model went out of production awhile back (I tried to make that
funny, but it wasn't working.) I'm sure what's left of it will be
worthwhile as spare parts, as they've been flying the hell out of them
lately.
Really major jobs like that are unlikely, as I'm sure the jigs and such
have all been scrapped. Boeing has done work similar in scale to that, but
only because they were still building that model and were able to provide
huge sections of airplane brand new to replace the smashed up bits.
Lockheed got out of the airplane building business, thankfully, so that
possibility is pretty much nil.

carl mciver wrote:


Lockheed got out of the airplane building business, thankfully, so that
possibility is pretty much nil.


That's news to me and the other 50,000+ employees at Lockheed as we
deliver more F-16's, some F/A-22's, and C-130J's every month... :}

Craig C.

Exactly, Lockheed is far from being out of the aircraft business.

A lot of the C5-A's have wing spar problems, been that way for years,
but it still did not hinder their flight worthyness, in regards to
safety. All it did was limit max load capacity they could carry.......

On 3 Apr 2006 23:51:58 -0700, wrote:
carl mciver wrote:


Lockheed got out of the airplane building business, thankfully, so that
possibility is pretty much nil.


That's news to me and the other 50,000+ employees at Lockheed as we
deliver more F-16's, some F/A-22's, and C-130J's every month... :}

Craig C.

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| carl mciver wrote:
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|
| Lockheed got out of the airplane building business, thankfully, so that
| possibility is pretty much nil.
|
|
| That's news to me and the other 50,000+ employees at Lockheed as we
| deliver more F-16's, some F/A-22's, and C-130J's every month... :}
|
| Craig C.

I'm sorry, I misspoke. I should have said large aircraft. I knew
better, my bad. It looks like I'll be competing with you for the tanker....

"carl mciver" wrote in message
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"Bill Janssen" wrote in message
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| Tom Gardner wrote:
|
| A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be
parted
| out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.
|
|
|
|
| If they still can find the name tag (serial number etc.) then its
| fixable. It might be cheaper to
| buy a new one however.
|
| Bill k7NOM

That model went out of production awhile back (I tried to make that
funny, but it wasn't working.) I'm sure what's left of it will be
worthwhile as spare parts, as they've been flying the hell out of them
lately.
Really major jobs like that are unlikely, as I'm sure the jigs and such
have all been scrapped. Boeing has done work similar in scale to that,
but
only because they were still building that model and were able to provide
huge sections of airplane brand new to replace the smashed up bits.
Lockheed got out of the airplane building business, thankfully, so that
possibility is pretty much nil.


Lockheed taught Boeing how to build big aircraft........Just like
Dehavilland taught them how to make the 727and BAC taught Douglas how to
make the DC9....

mike hide wrote:

"carl mciver" wrote in message
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"Bill Janssen" wrote in message
...
| Tom Gardner wrote:
|
| A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be
parted
| out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.
|
|
|
|
| If they still can find the name tag (serial number etc.) then its
| fixable. It might be cheaper to
| buy a new one however.
|
| Bill k7NOM

That model went out of production awhile back (I tried to make that
funny, but it wasn't working.) I'm sure what's left of it will be
worthwhile as spare parts, as they've been flying the hell out of them
lately.
Really major jobs like that are unlikely, as I'm sure the jigs and such
have all been scrapped. Boeing has done work similar in scale to that,
but
only because they were still building that model and were able to provide
huge sections of airplane brand new to replace the smashed up bits.
Lockheed got out of the airplane building business, thankfully, so that
possibility is pretty much nil.



Lockheed taught Boeing how to build big aircraft........Just like
Dehavilland taught them how to make the 727and BAC taught Douglas how to
make the DC9....

Ok, I'll bite.. Did Boeing teach Airbus anything?

Tom Gardner wrote:
A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

"I think that'll buff right out"

In article ,
Rex B wrote:

Tom Gardner wrote:
A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

"I think that'll buff right out"

Might need a bit of bondo. (:

--
B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net

On 03/04/06 12:50 PM, B.B. wrote:
In article ,
Rex B wrote:


Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

"I think that'll buff right out"


Might need a bit of bondo. (:


I always thought the C-5 opened vertically at the front not sideways
like a WWII glider. Guess I was wrong.

--
Larry Green

Need one of those dent pullers and some Wisconsin chrome.

"Duct tape, the handyman's secret weapon"

Larry Green wrote:
On 03/04/06 12:50 PM, B.B. wrote:
In article ,
Rex B wrote:


Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be
parted out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

"I think that'll buff right out"


Might need a bit of bondo. (:


I always thought the C-5 opened vertically at the front not sideways
like a WWII glider. Guess I was wrong.

In article , Louis Ohland
wrote:

Need one of those dent pullers and some Wisconsin chrome.

"Duct tape, the handyman's secret weapon"

Nothing says 'quality' like wrinkle free duct tape!

Erik

That's a new regionalism on me. So what is "Wisconsin chrome"? Aluminum
paint?

Jim

On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:20:00 -0400, Larry Green
wrote:

On 03/04/06 12:50 PM, B.B. wrote:
In article ,
Rex B wrote:


Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

"I think that'll buff right out"


Might need a bit of bondo. (:


I always thought the C-5 opened vertically at the front not sideways
like a WWII glider. Guess I was wrong.


Gonna be a bitch unloading the cargo. How ya gonna get a forklift in
there?

I guess they could call a battalion of Marines and do it manually

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3

"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:20:00 -0400, Larry Green
wrote:

On 03/04/06 12:50 PM, B.B. wrote:
In article ,
Rex B wrote:


Tom Gardner wrote:

A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be
parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

"I think that'll buff right out"


Might need a bit of bondo. (:


I always thought the C-5 opened vertically at the front not sideways
like a WWII glider. Guess I was wrong.


Gonna be a bitch unloading the cargo. How ya gonna get a forklift in
there?

I guess they could call a battalion of Marines and do it manually

Gunner


That's not too far from Aberdeen Proving Grounds. They could bring up some
M1 tanks and drag the stuff out.

Steve.

Just sled it over to the runway. Or put down temp runway like in the war.
Easy for fork lifts. Use monster Hysters. Like on the docs.

Martin
Martin Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH & Endowment Member
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member


Gunner wrote:
On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:20:00 -0400, Larry Green
wrote:


On 03/04/06 12:50 PM, B.B. wrote:

In article ,
Rex B wrote:



Tom Gardner wrote:


A C-5 crashed near Dover AFB...looks fixable to me but, will it be parted
out and scraped? I'll bet the seatcovers are a lost cause.

"I think that'll buff right out"


Might need a bit of bondo. (:


I always thought the C-5 opened vertically at the front not sideways
like a WWII glider. Guess I was wrong.



Gonna be a bitch unloading the cargo. How ya gonna get a forklift in
there?

I guess they could call a battalion of Marines and do it manually

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3

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