Big grey plane over Leeds

big s · Post by **big s** » Fri 16 Nov, 2007 8:51 pm

cnosni wrote: carrotol wrote: Did anyone else see the plane that was circling at the beginning of the week? Big, medium grey and looked old. Propellers on the wings. Any ideas as to what and why? Dont worry everyone,it was a Hercules Transport Plane.They seem to do this quite often,i think its a regular type of thing for pilots.Its to maintain their knowledge of individual airports and their environs/peculiarities in the event that they have to be used in odd circumstamces. brother in law used to be a loader in the back of hercules and he told me that often the pilot would fly low so he could read the road signs to find out where they were.

carrotol · Post by **carrotol** » Fri 16 Nov, 2007 10:25 pm

Thanks everyone. I had worried that it was a dream as no-one at work saw it

magic · Post by **magic** » Sat 17 Nov, 2007 9:41 pm

Mork of Ork · Post by **Mork of Ork** » Mon 19 Nov, 2007 12:03 pm

Someone at work has said the date of the new pics was 9th June 2006 as that is when they moved house and there is a removal van outside their house on Google Maps.