BIGAVIATION.COM

Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 06:04:21 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

UNUSUAL SIGHT OVER SLOVAKIA: C-5 GALAXY FLYING WITH PORT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED...

We were sent images taken of C-5 Galaxy 86-0011 flying over Slovakia with an odd distinction – the aircraft’s port side main landing gear bogey was deployed, despite being at 22,000 feet.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

READ THE STORY AT THE AVIATIONIST...

FRONT PAGE...   6AM EDITION...

***

MORE ON THIS DESK...