The C-5 Galaxy was designed in the mid-1960s to transport vast quantities of material to any part of the globe. The result was the largest aircraft in the world. This is its remarkable story, covering its confroversial birth, rise to eminence and its quarter of a century in service. This detailed story is told with hundreds of supporting illustrations, objectively exploring controversial subjects based on thorough research. Never before have the structural and subsystem problems experienced by the C-5 during its early years been explored so succinctly, only possible because of the author's background as an aeronautical engineer involved in aircraft development and flight testing. The book also lays out the jet's history and details of the currently-underway modernisation programme. Unique missions such as air drop are shown in very rare photographs and drawings, with hundreds of other illustrations which will appeal to modellers and historians.
