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Description
| Notes: INTER- and intratheater OUTSIZE-CARGO, stol transport capable of operating from small austere airfields. Equipped with conventional airdrop and low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | McDonnell-Douglas | |
| Base model: | C-17 | |
| Designation: | C-17 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Globemaster III | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | |
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
Specifications
| Length: | 174' | 53.0 m | |
| Height: | 5' 1" | 1.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 170' | 51.8 m | |
| Wingarea: | 3,800.0 sq ft | 353.0 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 27,700 lb | 12,562 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 580,000 lb | 263,038 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 | ||
| Thrust (each): | 41,700 lb | 18,911 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 3,225 miles | 5,193 km | |
| Max Speed: | 518 mph | 834 km/h | 450 kt |
| Ceiling: | 45,000 ft | 13,715 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Jeri Teal , VA | I am trying to find some videos of the C-17 taking off and landing that can be emailed to me so that I can download them. Thanks 07/09/2008 @ 07:29 [ref: 21807] |
| Weight , GA | Wow what is that airplane made out of? I see you have an empty weight of 27,700 lbs listed, that's lighter than a c-130. 06/09/2008 @ 09:03 [ref: 21212] |
| Kevin Hall Manchester / Lancashire, OTH | Please have a Look at my C-17 Website,and Sign the Guessbook if you wish
http://c-17aglobemaster.bravehost.com/ Cheers Kev 10/11/2007 @ 02:53 [ref: 18158] |
| Henry van de Graaf Dallas, TX | My contact info: hcvdg@hotmail.com 06/28/2007 @ 14:41 [ref: 16965] |
| Henry van de Graaf Dallas, TX | I was aboard the first flight of the C-17 (Flight Test Engineer). Great aircraft! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. 06/28/2007 @ 14:38 [ref: 16964] |
| CJD WANTED / REWARD!, CA | Hi I worked on the C-17, this is the project I worked on with my Uncle, he has passed away and this is one of the main reasons I am on this quest...
I had a Lucite, paperweight thing with a chip or scrap from the milling of the first part of the first C-17, well about 6 mos ago I went to visit a friend at Hawthorne Northrop Grumman plant and left it for 2 mins and came back and someone had stole it! If you know anyone who minght have one to buy, sell, trade please let me know! thanks I collect these from other aircraft as well, and might be interested, but the C-17 really holds the place in my history as my Uncle and I only had one project where we worked on the same one...thanks! WANTED Lucite / Acrylic/ Perspex Paperweights WANTED Lucite / Acrylic/ Perspex Paperweights mainly aviation related....many may say they have a “First Chip” in example “ First Chip from the milling process of the YF-23” or F-16 or something like that, many are from planes, missiles etc… some examples. McDonnell Douglas C-17 Production Shaving Lucite Paperweight, First F-22 Production Chip Lucite in the shape of the state of Georgia, containing production chip / shaving any project! see link for photos Another type are made from metals,materials & alloys used in the aircraft's manufacture they have “this is a example of the aluminum alloy used in making the B-52, they are about the size of a pack of cigarettes, see link to photos REMEMBER-I pay a finders fee; please pass this around to anyone who may be able to help… Thanks from Charles! to see the photo examples: copy and paste the web address below into your browser's web address bar: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bacchusd@pacbell.net/album?.dir=/cbed&.src=ph&.tok=phuE 01/23/2006 @ 23:39 [ref: 12253] |
| Timothy M.Neyers Lawton, OK | I think the C-17 aircraft is a great cargo jet. Now I will say this I love the C-5 Galaxy my father has worked on it for over 20 years and I just hope that Lockheed Martin is able to put new technology inside the C-5 to better the aircraft because I agree it is getting old but I just hope that Lockheed is able to fixe the aircraft so that it can last as they hope to till 2040. om the other hand the C-17 has done a wonderful job in takeing stress off the C-5 because I know the C-17 can hold alot of what the C-5 can hold but it dont hold as much. I know the C-5 can carry 2
M-1 battle tanks but the C-17 can hold one and that is good. I just think back when they had the C-141 I think the C-141 put alot of stress on the C-5 because there was alot of Cargo the C-5 and C-17 can hold that the C-141 can not hold so back when they didnt have the C-17 all the could use was the C-5 for like the M-1 Battle tank. I just feel that if we never able to get a aircraft like the C-17 I think the C-5 would be falling apart. so I think the C-17 has done a great Job in reducing stress of the use of the C-5 but I also believe there is cargo out there that the C-5 can hold that the C-17 is not able so I think it is important that since we have the C-17 and the things it can carry I think it is time to modernize the C-5 and that once it is done the C-5 main mission should be to haul whatever the C-17 cant hold like that big Navy swift Boat that the Navy seals use and I know that the Navy has alot of Cargo that the C-17 is not able to hold so we need to hold on to the C-5 so that if we have a piece a cargo the C-17 cant hold well we have the C-5 if it dont hold it I dont know then I guess put it on a navy ship which would take days to get there. so the C-5 and C-17 are better partners in the sky then the C-141 and the C-5 and I am happy to see the C-17 and I am glade we have it. so to say like what alot of people have told me. People say the C-17 can replace the C-5 I wont say whole fleet I will say it takes alot of stress off the C-5 and to say that the C-5 is junk well I disagree I think the C-141 is a piece of Junk and it was trying to make the C-5 a piece of Junk but thanks to the C-17 the C-5 is on a better track now because it is not needed as much since the C-17 can hold like the M-1 tank and things like that and the Black hawk helicopter can the C-141 do that no it is a piece of Junk it good maybe for like passenger transport and maybe Medical transport hospital and maybe for airdrops but it is not even close to being like the C-5 and the C-17 so america has to Good cargo planes in service. God bless america for the C-5 and C-17 Timothy Neyers of Lawton Oklahoma 08/13/2005 @ 03:35 [ref: 10986] |
| Tim \"Flip\" Wilson , SC | Hey I just wanted to say a few things about the C-17. I tested them back in 90. I was the first AF Crew Chief with Sean from Boeing on acft T-1 0025. That was when we were CTF then we broke off and went to OT&E and I was AF Crew Chief on P-4 1190. I left Edwards and went to 130's for 8 years then i got stationed back at Charleston and low and behold on what? It was nice to see the changes made on beast. Oh and by the way we used to call the airplane FLUFF! If you know what it means you were there. And if anyone can remember the nose art on P-4 you were there. So anyway to you C-5 guys and yes i worked on those too, We had to carry your RODEO judges to McChord due to the C-5 being broke!!!! Even though they felt pity on you guys and gave you the Knuckle buster we still carried your cargo!!!
LOL Give em hell HEAVYS!!!! 07/31/2005 @ 11:43 [ref: 10895] |
| Chris Honolulu, HI | Ok I was a crew chief on C-17's at McChord AFB for 3 1/2 years and now stationed at Hickam and the very last picture you have of the "C17" on the ice is not a C17 at all it's a C-141. Just though I'd let you know 03/04/2005 @ 14:46 [ref: 9610] |
| Froggy Dallas, TX | The C-17 cannot replace the C-5 due to the sheer size of the C-5, however, The C-17 can do many things that the C-5 could NEVER do.
I worked on the C-17 from 1992 until Dec 1994 as a flight test guy for McDonnell Douglas. I was assigned to both P-1(80265)P-2 (80266) and T-1( cannot remember the ser no.) 01/25/2005 @ 13:51 [ref: 9258] |
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