08/05/06

[air krefeld]

FR 7832 Glasgow - Prestwick ist die EI-DHW
FR 3258 London - Stansted ist die EI-DAW

[White Cap]

Hello all,

I have just seen a 'Heavy' fly by my house at around 18:05 hours. It was quite low and heading towards Holland. It looked like a big BAe146. Could it be a Boeing C-17?

Anybody got any details

Cheers,
Nick

[flugholm]

White Cap --

I saw it too, while having a lovely ice cream in Kevelaer pedestrian precinct.
A lovely C-17 .
Nothing to do with NRN...!

[Morpheus]

@Flugholm:

Are you sure about the C-17? There hasn't been one in Holland yesterday. But there was a IL76 at Eindhoven. A few weeks ago at NRN I also thought I saw a C-17. But zooming in on my digital picture, it seemed to be a IL76.

Greetz, Rene

[White Cap]

@Morpheus

Yes, it could have been a IL76. I was in the garden and saw it with the naked eye. Although it was low, I could not make out the colour scheme.

Cheers,
Nick

[Morpheus]

It's actually quite simple....... Did it had winglets or not???

When it had, it's a C-17, if not.........IL76.

Greetz, Rene

[flugholm]

Definitely a C-17 and not an Il 76. Heading north. Maybe not only nothing to do with NRN, but also nothing to do with the Netherlands!
But with the current paint schemes -- they all look the same! -- I couldnt make out whether it was RAF or USAF.