Originally Posted by
Hartington
I've seen reports of RAF C17s doing touch and gos at Luton and Southend. In both cases local "normals" seem surprised suggesting this is unusal. Is it unusual?
The current situation is the perfect opportunity for the RAF crews to familiarise themselves with civil approach procedures, different routings, different types of approaches, particularly LCY which will carry out steeper approaches. It is not unheard of, but certainly not a common site. It's a great opportunity for training 'outside the box' for when it's needed it other climates.
Same thing is happening in NYC with C17s/KC10s using LGA.