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To: Elsewhere who wrote (34466)	7/16/2002 8:38:02 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

This source confirms that the C5 can, officially at least, carry 2 M1's. afrcrequirements.wpafb.af.mil . I wonder about that a little, though. The story that I remember from the Yom Kippur war airlift is that exactly one (1) tank was delivered, as a sort of proof of principle. Other fun facts from the above link: The C-5A can haul: 277,263 cans (12 oz) of your favorite beverage. 76,216 fifths of your favorite beverage. 752,000 hockey pucks. 328,301,674 aspirins. 10,682 bushels of unshelled peanuts. 158,631,184 shelled individual peanuts. 25,844,746 ping pong balls. 100 (Beetle-type) Volkswagons. 3,222,857 tortillas (average size). 3,934 bushels of wheat. 2,419,556 golf balls. 784,000 hamsters in individual cages, or 841,111 hamster couples in slightly larger cages. Additional information about the C-5A The cargo compartment is large enough for an 8 lane bowling alley. The C-5A contains enough fuel for the average American car to make 130 round trips from LA to NY, or 31 trips around the world. The cargo compartment is longer than the Wright Brothers first flight. The paint on the airplane weighs 2600 lbs. The C-5A contains over 103 miles of wiring, over 4,000 electrical connectors, 4 miles of tubing, and 5 miles of control cables. Each engine on the C-5A gulps approximately 42 tons of air per minute. The tires weigh 4,214 lbs. The air in the tires weigh 181 lbs. A full load of first class mail (1 oz or 25 cents per letter) would require $756,000 postage. Each engine intakes approximately 1,550 lbs. of air per second on takeoff. The Houston Astrodome could be emptied of air in less than 5 minutes. The cooling capabity of the C-5A is enough to air condition 8 average size homes. It would take 9,065,000 bee-loads of nectar to produce enough honey to provide the C-5A with a full load of the sweet stuff.