Today is the last chance to catch a flying glimpse of the legendary Hercules plane, as a monumental flypast marks their forthcoming retirement from the RAF.
Aviation enthusiasts will have a final chance to see a flying example of the famous plane when three Hercules C-130Js tour the UK today, including a flypast of RAF Cosford.
Residents across Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire will be among the first in the UK to spot the Hercules at the start of the day. It then heads off to as far as Northern Ireland, Scotland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Salisbury Plain near Stonehenge. A staple of the RAF since 1966, the planes have been used around the world in support of UK military and humanitarian relief operations.Today, Wednesday 14, three of the recognisable planes are set to fly out from Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at 10am, before heading to its first destination over the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
From there, the route moves towards Cosford at 10.34am, before flying northwest towards Anglesey, flying over Shifnal and Telford. After touring the skies across Wales, the planes will head to Ireland and Scotland before moving back south towards Yorkshire, across London, and back up to its starting point in Oxfordshire.
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