PEOPLE living in eastern parts of Herefordshire have been disturbed by a huge Royal Air Force plane circling low overhead.
Hereford Times Camera Club member Jane Hufton caught the Boeing C-17A Globemaster III on camera as it circled the skies above Bromyard, Ledbury and Malvern at around 4,000ft.
Taking off from Humberside in the north at 4.53pm on Thursday, the huge aircraft circled over Norfolk before heading down to Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, before landing at Brize Norton at 8.19pm.
The RAF website said the Globemaster is a long-range, heavy-lift strategic transport aircraft which can operate close to a potential area of operations for combat, peacekeeping or humanitarian missions worldwide.
It said it is capable of rapid, strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases anywhere in the world.
The Globemaster’s load-bearing rear ramp and digitally controlled loading systems, combined with the skills of its crews and ground handlers, enable large, complex items of equipment, including Chinook helicopters, military vehicles and other heavy items of specialist kit to be loaded.
It can transport 45,360kg of freight more than 8,334km while flying at altitudes above 35,000ft.
The aircraft’s design enables high-angle, steep approaches at relatively slow speeds, allowing it to operate into small, austere airfields and onto runways as short as 3,500ft long and just 90ft wide.
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