IT WAS quite the sight over the Isle of Wight today - an RAF Airbus A400M Atlas flying back and forth multiple times.
It got people wondering what the plane was doing, and many reached for their cameras to capture the sight.
The Atlas entered service with the RAF in 2014 and has the ability to carry a 37-tonne payload, accommodating as many as 116 fully equipped troops, vehicles and helicopters.
It will even carry a Chinook.
These images were captured by Neal Staley of the Isle of Wight County Press Camera Club.
The County Press understands the Airbus was on a training exercise.
ZM409 Royal Air Force A400m from RAF Brize Norton conducting a training exercise off the Island today @islandecho @iwcponline @iwightradio @RAFBrizeNorton pic.twitter.com/r5AWP8Tmln
— Matthew Fuoss (@MatthewFuoss) October 31, 2022
It flew up and down The Solent several times, from Portsmouth towards Selsey and back again, and down over the Isle of Wight towards Godshill and back to the mainland again.
Anyone know why this Airbus A400M is looping around the Isle of Wight? pic.twitter.com/1moEsSOnls
— peter bruce🐟 (@peterbruce) October 31, 2022
Buzzed on the harbour tours today, not quite a witch on a broom stick but an RAF Airbus A400M Atlas on low level training. @visitportsmouth @Portsmouth_born @PortsmouthProud @khmportsmouth @PortsmouthPort @StrongIslandUK @AircraftSpots @AircraftTimes pic.twitter.com/fdM8FUtHXU
— Solent Cruises Ltd (@Solent_Cruises) October 31, 2022
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