Amazing pictures of giant military plane flying low over Leeds city centre

Amazing pictures have captured the moment a giant military plane flew over Leeds.
By Abbey Maclure
Published 23rd Nov 2020, 14:32 BST
Updated 23rd Nov 2020, 14:36 BST
The RAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft (Image: Bob Peters @BobPetUK)The RAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft (Image: Bob Peters @BobPetUK)
The RAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft (Image: Bob Peters @BobPetUK)

The plane is a RAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

It made multiple approaches to Leeds Bradford Airport today as part of essential training.

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Photographer Bob Peters captured the aircraft flying low over Trinity Church on Boar Lane at 2pm.

The RAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft (Image: Bob Peters @BobPetUK)The RAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft (Image: Bob Peters @BobPetUK)
The RAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft (Image: Bob Peters @BobPetUK)

The RAF regularly uses Leeds Bradford Airport for training exercises.

The C-17 Globemaster was most recently photographed by eagle-eyed Yorkshire Evening Post readers in October.

RAF Brize Norton tweeted this morning: "This afternoon, one of our C-17 Globemaster aircraft is expected to be operating in the vicinity of Leeds and East Midlands, whilst engaged in essential training."

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