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C-17 Globemaster III Flight Line
C-17 Globemaster III on Wet Tarmac
Silhouette of C-17 Globemaster III Tail from Under Wing
Silhouette of C-17 Globemaster III Tail from Under Wing
C-17 Globemaster III Silhouettes
C-17 Globemaster III Wingtips
C-17 India #4 In Flight
C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Rollers
C-17 Globemaster III Landing Gear Cowling
Silhoueted C-17 Globemaster III Wing
C-17 Globemaster III Paperwork
Windshield of the C-17 Globemaster III
C-17 Globemaster III Flight Line
C-17 Globemaster III onTarmac
C-17 Globemaster III onTarmac
C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Rollers
Water Dripping Off a C-17 Globemaster III
Qatar Emiri Air Force C-17 Taking Off
Qatar Emiri Air Force C-17 Taking Off
Detail of C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Rollers
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C-17 Globemaster III Trailing Edge Flap Track Fairings
The C-17 Globemaster III is a high-wing, four-engine, T-tailed aircraft with a rear loading ramp. In 1980, the U.S. Air Force asked for a larger transport that could be refueled in flight and be used in rough forward fields so that it could fly anywhere in the world. On Aug. 28, 1981, McDonnell Douglas won the contract with its proposal to build the C-17. The design met or exceeded all Air Force design specifications. With its 160,000-pound payload, the C-17 can take off from a 7,600-foot airfield, fly 2,400 nautical miles and land on a small, austere airfield in 3,000 feet or less. On the ground, a fully loaded aircraft, using engine reversers, can back up a 2 percent slope. During normal testing, C-17s set 22 world records, including payload to altitude time-to-climb and the short takeoff and landing mark, in which the C-17 took off in less than 1,400 feet, carried a payload of 44,000 pounds to altitude and landed in less than 1,400 feet. Deployed in June 1993, it won the Collier Trophy in 1994, symbolizing the top aeronautical achievement of 1994.
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Unique identifier
BI25358
Boeing ID
c174758
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3000px × 1674px 14MB
License type
RM
Keywords
1990s
black
close-ups
dark
day
detail views
exteriors
gray
ground shots
left rear views
monochromatic
muted colors
nobody
out of production
photos
repetition
trailing edge flaps
wet
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