Lockheed Galaxy C-5A 69-0014 has landed for the final time at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, US, where it will become part of the Air Mobility Command Museum's collection of historic aircraft. Once it is in place, the C-5 will be the only Galaxy open to the public in a museum anywhere in the world. "Preparing a massive aircraft for retirement in a museum presents some unique challenges," museum director Mike Leister told FlyPast. "For instance, what to do about the need for 80,000lbs of concrete that would need to sit in the cargo compartment just to give the plane enough stability so winds will not break her tie-down chains. The answer will be to conceal it behind walls that will also serve as a backdrop for photographs and text panels relating the history of the C-5. "The story will run from its early days as a maintenance headache to the current updated versions of these mammoth airlifters that virtually leap into the air. Gone are the screaming sounds of the old TF-39 engines straining to lift a heavily-laden Galaxy. The new-generation engines are so quiet you can miss a C-5 when they are making a touch-and-go landing on a runway several hundred yards away.
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