Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: C-17, F-14 vs FA-18 Message-ID: <1991Mar20.032310.29056@cbnews.att.com> Date: 20 Mar 91 03:23:10 GMT References: <1991Mar18.132459.14027@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (william.b.thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 20 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Allan Bourdius >I don't know it if the C-5 has a back cargo door, but if they don't (I don't >remember) then I'd think the pilots would be extremely unhappy if you >opened up the nose and started shoving stuff out. The C-5A/B has a rear cargo door but the aircraft is not equipped for any type of parachute drop, including LAPES. The C-17 will give MAC an unequaled capability to bring C-5A/B sized and weighted loads into C-130 capable airfields or unprepared strips. This is very, very important if we are planning to move any sizeable military force with great haste. A C-5 needs a runway; a C-17 will only need a flat pasture or piece of desert. Allan Bourdius ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan Bourdius [MIDN 3/C (Marine Option)/Brother, Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity] ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu or Box 4719, 5125 Margaret Morrison St., Pgh., PA 15213 "Give, expecting nothing thereof." "Phi Kappa Theta, just the best."