1200 (zulu) today jet climbing westbound near Bath

[interestedparty]

Did anyone hear or see the a/c climbing out of Lyneham (?) today.
French A/F DC8 maybe?
Lovely sound.
JB

[AlphaWhiskyRomeo]

I know AIN do a lot of military charters on their DC8s out of Brize
- could be them???

[PPRuNeUser0162]

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

[VFR Transit]

Its A great sight the C-5 huh

VFR

[Maude Charlee]

Sure it wasn't a C-17? They brought 4 dead troops back from Iraq into Lyneham instead of Brize the other day.

[PPRuNeUser0162]

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

[tomahawk_pa38]

DC8 RAF Lyneham

Anybody know what the DC8 is doing which goes into Lyneham nearly every day. very big anf very noisy by today's standards

[Wycombe]

Flying on an MoD Contract, I would say!

[AircraftOperations]

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.