Thanks for that
So again in the realm of speculation, now that the airframer and USAF are actively working on the C-5M program, would there be any mileage in pulling out mothballed examples as civilian lifters?
I appreciate that the pivot-and-fold undercarriage is going to be a maintenance hog, but there have been plenty of hogs flying around lifting freight for years now.
As for the BC-17X, someone I mentioned this to the other night snorted and replied that basically it was "one 757 worth of cargo capacity for two 757s worth of fuel burn". I really do find it odd that a venture capital outfit would issue a LOI on such a large project with so many fundamental flaws which are readily apparent to anyone who ever lifted a nose in anger
