[Kenny Bunkport]

I live under the flight path to Travis. I call my wife, who's at home, and occasionally you can hear the whine of a C-5 going over; it drowns out my wife's voice on the phone. I love it (the sound of the C-5, not it drowning out my wife's voice).

[JRios1968]

Hey, I work at Travis!!

[LucyT]

You're hearing the sound of freedom.

[Paleo Conservative]

I live under the flight path to Travis. I call my wife, who's at home, and occasionally you can hear the whine of a C-5 going over; it drowns out my wife's voice on the phone. I love it (the sound of the C-5, not it drowning out my wife's voice).

When the engines are replaced by GE CF6-80's C-5's will no longer have their distinctive sound. They will sound pretty similar to the 747-400 which has the same engine.

[Army Air Corps]

When I was a lad living in San Antonio, I lived under the one of the approaches to Kelly AFB; On occasion, the radio chatter of approaching C-5s could be heard...through the TV.

To this day, one of my favourite sounds is that of engines of a C-5 - very distinctive.

[headstamp]

I remember being atop Mt. Beacon at the "casino area" on the east side of the Hudson river and seeing one of these things come circling around and over us on approach to Stewart Airport (Newburgh) on the other side of the Hudson.

It was just incredible to watch as the plane just literally "hung" in the air like it was barely moving. Then came the high pitched scream of the turbines as it was finally passing through.