Giant RAF plane at Aberdeen Airport
08.06.08
One of the RAF’s biggest aircraft made a visit for the first time to Aberdeen Airport late last week, the Evening Express reports. The impressive 50-metre-long C-17 Globemaster III landed at the airport in order to bring a soldier home from Afghanistan.
The soldier was rushed back so he could be with his seriously ill father at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The high-priority case meant onlookers caught a rare glimpse of the vast transport aircraft in Aberdeen airspace. One plane enthusiast captured the one-off sight of the C-17 taking off at Dyce on camera, and posted it on a video-sharing website.
The plane is one of only five Globemasters currently flown in an RAF fleet. It can transport 45,360kgs of freight - three armoured vehicles or 13 Land Rovers - while flying at more than 30,000 feet. It can also carry a 30-ft-long Chinook helicopter.
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