C-17 at Tamworth

[Troy R.]

Greetings all,
There was a C-17 at Tamworth today, apparently doing touch and gos. To say it was impressive is an understatement. Wondering if anyone knows or heard which aircraft it was.

[Ryan Hothersall]

So there is a little bit of action there apart from country music?

[Troy R.]

Yes there is! Hornets and Hawks are regular visitors. We used to get F-111s a bit too, so hopefully Super Hornets will come down too. C-17s are much rarer, hence the interest.

[Brian Hoy]

Originally Posted by Troy R.

Greetings all,
There was a C-17 at Tamworth today, apparently doing touch and gos. To say it was impressive is an understatement. Wondering if anyone knows or heard which aircraft it was.

There where two around on Monday and at least one on Tuesday, the morning flight on Monday used the call sign Stallion 9 but did not hear anything of the others.They only do overshoots off the instrument approaches,no touch and goes but as you say still very impressive , nothing like a 17 going ballistic, some of the climb outs are breath taking ,depending on usage else where we seem to average at least one visit a week, have been a bit quite lately , busy O.S I suppose.