A giant RAF transport plane has been flying over Leeds today

One of the world's biggest planes landed at Leeds Bradford Airport today.
The C17 arrives at Leeds BradfordThe C17 arrives at Leeds Bradford
The C17 arrives at Leeds Bradford

The RAF's Boeing C17 Globemaster transport aircraft was in the area to complete training manoeuvres.

There is now a live webcam stream of flights at Leeds Bradford AirportThe behemoth of the skies is 174ft in length, 55ft high and has a wingspan of 169ft.

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It's not the first time a C17 has visited Leeds Bradford, which is frequently used for military training.

The RAF now have eight C17s, which are used to transport troops and cargo and perform airlifts, airdrops and medical evacuations. In 2015 a C17 was sent to evacuate British victims of the Sousse terror attack from Tunisia, as they are large enough to be used as an airborne hospital.

All photos by Andrew Easby. Andrew now operates a live webcam stream of plane movements at Leeds Bradford via his Youtube channel, which can be viewed here.