Lockheed’s L-500 was a proposed civil version of the C-5 Galaxy, imagined as a giant passenger and cargo aircraft that could carry up to 1,000 people, huge freight loads, or even automobiles stacked ...

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is primarily a giant cargo plane – and to load it up, you need a giant opening. The solution: the nose cone of the plane, known as the visor, swings up to reveal a massive door ...

The C-5, the largest transport aircraft in the US Air Force fleet, is showing signs of its age—yet its replacement, the Next ...