24.06.2006, 12:59
Zitat:Pictures: Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy makes first flightQuelle: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/06/20/207342/Pictures+Lockheed+Martin+C-5M+Super+Galaxy+makes+first.html">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/20 ... first.html</a><!-- m -->
Lockheed Martin's C-5M has flown for the first time, marking a key stage in one of the biggest upgrades of a military transport ever undertaken.
The aircraft took to the air from Dobbins AFB, Georgia yesterday, having benefited from an avionics modernisation programme that gives it a more or less completey new cockpit, plus General Electric CF6 engines with a 22% thrust increase.
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