View Full Version : 1200 (zulu) today jet climbing westbound near Bath
interestedparty
15th Apr 2007, 20:31
Did anyone hear or see the a/c climbing out of Lyneham (?) today.
French A/F DC8 maybe?
Lovely sound.
JB
AlphaWhiskyRomeo
15th Apr 2007, 20:46
I know AIN do a lot of military charters on their DC8s out of Brize
- could be them???
PPRuNeUser0162
16th Apr 2007, 10:51
I was out and about in Chippenham about then spotted a C-5 climbing westbound out of Lyneham - awesome sight at it was pretty low :ok:
VFR Transit
16th Apr 2007, 10:58
Its A great sight the C-5 huh
VFR
Maude Charlee
16th Apr 2007, 11:22
Sure it wasn't a C-17? They brought 4 dead troops back from Iraq into Lyneham instead of Brize the other day.
PPRuNeUser0162
16th Apr 2007, 13:04
Pretty sure it was a Galaxy. No winglets, distinctive 'bullet' fairing at top of the 'T' tail and the noise was a blast from the past. No namby pamby quiet engines :ok:
tomahawk_pa38
12th Nov 2007, 16:05
Anybody know what the DC8 is doing which goes into Lyneham nearly every day. very big anf very noisy by today's standards
Wycombe
12th Nov 2007, 16:48
Flying on an MoD Contract, I would say!
AircraftOperations
12th Nov 2007, 19:47
A DC-8 Freighter departed Lyneham pre- 0900z on Monday morning.
It was probably an A300 Freighter that you saw departing shortly after 1500z - this was the only movement around 1500.
Both MOD contracted aircraft I believe.