Book Worm   10 #1 Posted December 16, 2014 Hi On my way home from work around Blackbrook Road, S10, I saw an amazing low flying plane. To my totally untrained eye if guess it was a WW2 plane, you know, dark green and old looking!! Does any one know more details about it or saw it too? Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ashcroft   19 #2 Posted December 16, 2014 may be a hercules, big green and 4 engines? if so, i seen it a few times in that area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Book Worm   10 #3 Posted December 16, 2014 It was! Thanks for that. I thought these were WW2 planes but apparently they're still used now. Magnificent sight! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
coneman   10 #4 Posted December 16, 2014 I wonder if these were the ones my wife saw in S6 today? (Tue 16th Dec14)?? She said they looked just as described here and there were two - both very low indeed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
darylslinn   10 #5 Posted December 16, 2014 Ditto flying along the top of the hill near Hillsborough golf club, and then out towards Derbyshire before they looked like turning towards the Mayfield Valley area. At first sight from a distance it was a little scary to see two planes flying so low near to a built up area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jozafeen   10 #6 Posted December 16, 2014 So glad there's finally a thread about this - I thought I was going a bit daft when I saw them fly incredibly low over Oughtibridge and none of my friends or neighbours saw them!  It seems they were Boeing C17 Globemaster transport planes - the UK and US airforces are using them to bring stuff back from Camp Bastion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Book Worm   10 #7 Posted December 16, 2014 I was surprised about the lack of noise, it was pretty bizarre considering how low they were. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
1978   14 #8 Posted December 16, 2014 So glad there's finally a thread about this - I thought I was going a bit daft when I saw them fly incredibly low over Oughtibridge and none of my friends or neighbours saw them! It seems they were Boeing C17 Globemaster transport planes - the UK and US airforces are using them to bring stuff back from Camp Bastion.  But the Globemaster doesn't look like a WW2 plane. A Lockheed Hercules is somewhat older having first flown in 1954 and has propellers rather than being jet powered. I didn't see the planes, but Hercules regularly do low level training flights up and down the Upper Derwent valley over the reservoirs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   267 #9 Posted December 17, 2014 I was surprised about the lack of noise, it was pretty bizarre considering how low they were.  Maybe as it's military they've done stuff to make it run quieter, so it's less obvious in hostile areas??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bullerboY Â Â 10 #10 Posted December 17, 2014 Could have been the Luftwaffe looking for Ladybower Dam !!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Book Worm   10 #11 Posted December 17, 2014 I did get a picture, but the plane looks minuscule and is obscured by trees. How would I upload it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   267 #12 Posted December 18, 2014 You can post up a link to photobucket, but embedded images are not allowed here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...