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C-17 OTT The Alps on 22nd April

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Malcolm
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C-17 OTT The Alps on 22nd April

Post by Malcolm » Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:23 pm

Hi,
Can anyone fudge up a C-17 for me. Noted on Friday 22nd April 2022 at about 11:45 CET flying in a roughly South Easterly direction at medium altitude (Estimate FL150-FL200) over the French Ski resort of Meribel. It was below the cloud cover, and a lot lower than other airliners which were trailing. No optics with me, but 99% certain it was a C-17. Mountains in that area are (roughly) 9000-12000 feet high, so would have been higher than that.
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Nighthawke
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Re: C-17 OTT The Alps on 22nd April

Post by Nighthawke » Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:05 pm

From ADS-B Exchange and Plane Finder playback this was NATO C-17A 02 callsign BRK89.
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Malcolm
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Re: C-17 OTT The Alps on 22nd April

Post by Malcolm » Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:08 pm

Nighthawke wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:05 pm
 From ADS-B Exchange and Plane Finder playback this was NATO C-17A 02 callsign BRK89.
Thanks for that. Shame it's a duffer.
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Re: C-17 OTT The Alps on 22nd April

Post by Blackcat1 » Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:29 pm

BRK being Bartok after the Hungarian composer Bela Bartok 😊
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