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Giants of the Sky by Bill Gunston
ISBN 1-85260-258-9
LOCKHEED MARTIN C-5 GALAXY: WarbirdTech 36
In 1960 the USAF launched Project Forecast which called for the world's biggest logistic transport, the CX-4, in the 600,000 lb category. It should be a jet. The only study I know comes from Douglas but I have no details about its Model Number. I guess that Boeing and Lockheed carried out its own designs.
With all the data generated under CX-4 study, the USAF launched an specification for a CX-HLS aircraft. The winner was Lockheed (C-5 Galaxy)
Douglas submitted several designs: Model D-890, D-895, D-900. According to "Giants of the Sky", the definitive design was D-916 while D-920 was the submission for the Wardbirdtech volume.
I have included to this post the D-920.
The last scan is Boeing C-5A from Giants of the Sky. Anybody knows Boeing's model number for it?
ISBN 1-85260-258-9
LOCKHEED MARTIN C-5 GALAXY: WarbirdTech 36
In 1960 the USAF launched Project Forecast which called for the world's biggest logistic transport, the CX-4, in the 600,000 lb category. It should be a jet. The only study I know comes from Douglas but I have no details about its Model Number. I guess that Boeing and Lockheed carried out its own designs.
With all the data generated under CX-4 study, the USAF launched an specification for a CX-HLS aircraft. The winner was Lockheed (C-5 Galaxy)
Douglas submitted several designs: Model D-890, D-895, D-900. According to "Giants of the Sky", the definitive design was D-916 while D-920 was the submission for the Wardbirdtech volume.
I have included to this post the D-920.
The last scan is Boeing C-5A from Giants of the Sky. Anybody knows Boeing's model number for it?