http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007130845,00.html
THIS is a sight to put the wind up sunbathers — a giant RAF Hercules landing on a sandy holiday beach.
Pilots are honing their skills for conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan deserts at a cordoned off stretch of Saunton Sands, Devon.
The beach is popular with holidaymakers and locals alike and the spectacle of the massive military planes landing provides an eye-catching scene for guests at the four star Saunton Sands Hotel.
The pictures were grabbed by former RAF officer Mark Fowler, 41, who was given special permission to take them.
He said: “The Hercules doesn’t need a great deal of runway to land and take off from.”