[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.

[GarySpFc]

How does the C-5 compare in size to the A-380?

[jfriedmann]

I will miss the old whine sound the TF39s. The C-5 will never sound the same again. My dad was at Travis and Altus where I heard those noises everyday.