Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Manufacturers Sales Brochure 1969

[Grey Havoc]

Found this while attempting to track down photos of the model for the planned RAF variant of the C-5A Galaxy:

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Manufacturers Sales Brochure 1969 • £20.95

LOCKHEED C-5 GALAXY Manufacturers Sales Brochure 1969 - £20.95. FOR SALE! Interesting Manufacturers Sales Brochure from Lockheed on their C-5 Galaxy, with information & pictures, looks to be a print from Lockheed Star December 1969, 4 pages. Good condition, with wear. Please take a look at my...

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[Kiltonge]

Brochure mentions the "multi-mode radar". Looking through mid-60s literature I see that the original Norden unit developed for the C-5A operated in X and Ku-band with terrain-following capability. This was integrated with the Honeywell AFCS for automated terrain-following. It incorporated frequency-agility and also had modes for weather contour mapping, radar approaches and station-keeping. Oddly I can't find a designation for the Norden radar.

From Q3 1983 onwards the Norden radar was replaced by the much less ambitous Bendix AN/APS-133 colour weather radar and the tactical modes were lost.

 

[Grey Havoc]

From Q3 1983 onwards the Norden radar was replaced by the much less ambitous Bendix AN/APS-133 colour weather radar and the tactical modes were lost.

Beancounter logic struck yet again.

 

[A Tentative Fleet Plan]

Brochure mentions the "multi-mode radar". Looking through mid-60s literature I see that the original Norden unit developed for the C-5A operated in X and Ku-band with terrain-following capability. This was integrated with the Honeywell AFCS for automated terrain-following. It incorporated frequency-agility and also had modes for weather contour mapping, radar approaches and station-keeping. Oddly I can't find a designation for the Norden radar.

From Q3 1983 onwards the Norden radar was replaced by the much less ambitous Bendix AN/APS-133 colour weather radar and the tactical modes were lost.

Norden RC-5, according to the document below:





Source: https://www.arl.noaa.gov/wp_arl/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ARL-66.pdf