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#985297 29th Sep 2015 9:24pm
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Anyone see the monster plane circling over Wirral(Heswall)> 3.20pm ish. Looked like a military plane with 4 engine and massive tail. Nearest I can find is An Airbus A400M military transport plane or more likely a Boeing C-17 Globemaster




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Yes i saw this Fish.It was a cracker of a plane.
Pity i did not have my camera with me.

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'twas a C17, big aren't they?


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this one clicky

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Yep that is the one.

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I saw this flying over it was quite low,only went outside to see what it was as it sounded different to the normal planes that go over.2 fighters flew over the other week,seen them a few times.


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Quite often see miliatry aircraft flying round they do practice landings at JLA their noisier than the commercial flights I live on the flightpath for JLA

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Saw it from Prenton. Right big bugger it was.

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From the Echo:

"A spokesperson for Liverpool John Lennon Airport said the 53m-long aircraft is taking part in routine military training.

The plane is performing low approaches to another radar vectored circuit, before repeating the entire process."

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news...ling-liverpool-10159081#ICID=FB-Liv-main

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Yes it's a C 17 Globemaster I saw her a few times. She was very low at one point.


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