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Posted By: fish5133 Big Plane Circling - 29th Sep 2015 8:24pm
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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Posted By: snowhite Re: Big Plane Circling - 29th Sep 2015 8:50pm
Yes i saw this Fish.It was a cracker of a plane.
Pity i did not have my camera with me.
Posted By: diggingdeeper Re: Big Plane Circling - 29th Sep 2015 8:51pm
'twas a C17, big aren't they?
Posted By: Mark Re: Big Plane Circling - 29th Sep 2015 8:53pm
this one clicky
Posted By: snowhite Re: Big Plane Circling - 29th Sep 2015 8:57pm
Yep that is the one.
Posted By: starakita Re: Big Plane Circling - 29th Sep 2015 9:15pm
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.
Posted By: oscarpops Re: Big Plane Circling - 29th Sep 2015 9:23pm
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
Posted By: philmch Re: Big Plane Circling - 29th Sep 2015 9:28pm
Saw it from Prenton. Right big bugger it was.
Posted By: Gibbo Re: Big Plane Circling - 30th Sep 2015 9:27am
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
Posted By: colette_clarke Re: Big Plane Circling - 6th Oct 2015 12:51pm
Yes it's a C 17 Globemaster I saw her a few times. She was very low at one point.
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