Born to Overcome: US Air Force’s Biggest Aircraft Takes Off Despite Biblical Rainfall - Video

13:41 GMT, 4 March 2020

CC BY-SA 3.0 / Oleg Belyakov / Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy

The aircraft, which is a modernised version of Lockheed's C-5 Galaxy, is powered by four GE-F138 turbofan engines. It can carry anything from troops and cargo to heavy military equipment, including tanks, helicopters, and even a submarine.

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A video posted online shows the US Air Force’s biggest aircraft C-5M Super Galaxy overcoming enourmous rain during take off in Glasgow, Scotland. Despite harsh weather conditions the aircraft, whose maximum carrying capacity almost 400 tonnes, soared into the sky without a problem.