On 15/11/2017 10:53, Graeme wrote:

(Aberdeenshire)Â* Quietly standing in the garden yesterday, hanging out
washing, when I heard an unusual noise and, looking up, saw a four
engine prop plane fly over the village from the north, then bank towards
the west.Â* A few moments later, a second one did the same.

Was not wearing my specs, so could not say what type of aircraft they
were, or even details of markings.Â* Unusual, though.Â* The only planes we
normally see are occasional RAF fighter jets on practice or training
flights.Â* Quite often see helicopters flying west to Balmoral, but
nowhere there to land a plane.

Any thoughts?
If you get any military aircraft in the area I would suspect an A400M

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas

fairly recent acquisition for the RAF and makes a very distinctive (and
quite loud) noise.

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Chris B (News)