Aircraft fans got a treat when they were able to see two giant Chinook helicopters land on the Long Mynd - and it was all caught on video.
The Chinooks are based at RAF Benson and were deployed to RAF Valley as part of a week-long training exercise called Kukri Dawn.
So he dropped everything and raced into the Shropshire Hills where he was lucky enough to see the giant helicopters landing and taking off. A spokesman for the RAF confirmed that three Chinooks from RAF Benson in Oxfordshire had been deployed for a week-long training exercise to RAF Valley in north Wales.
A spokesman for RAF Valley said they were undertaking high-tempo operational training of the latest eight pilots and crewmen to receive their conversion to Chinook before they graduate to join the front line at RAF Odiham.
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