Dover AFB, 2005

[ShaneR]

Twenty years ago a friend of the family, who was a C5 pilot based at Dover Air Force Base, offered us a tour. I got to fly the simulator - landing at Kandahar, with a lot of assistance from the actual pilot - and then sat alongside him as he demonstrated docking the C5 with a tanker for air-to-air refuelling. Then we went out to the flight line for a look inside one of the aircraft.

I only had a crappy digital camera with me, so only a few of the pics are worth sharing. These are the ones I've managed to edit into a presentable state!

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

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by Shane Richmond, on Flickr

[Amp]

Those are lovely to see, must’ve been a great day!

[ShaneR]

It was great. I still occasionally tell people I once landed a plane at Kandahar

[Tommy]

Very cool!