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 Sun 5 Nov 17 12:00 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - rtj70
Any ideas why a short while ago I saw an AWACS plane overhead, on a flight path to Manchester airport? I wonder where it came from or will be heading to next.
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 12:02 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - Bromptonaut
>> Any ideas why a short while ago I saw an AWACS plane overhead, on a
>> flight path to Manchester airport? I wonder where it came from or will be heading
>> to next.

They occasionally land land at civil airports for 'reasons'; probably mostly training. Years ago I saw one pop out of the murk and land at East Midlands. I'm pretty sure Leeds/Bradford's had one at least touch and go too.
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 13:31 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - Stuartli
Might well be the reason.

However, this video of an Antolov 225 taking off from Manchester is truly awesome - just how the wings don't fall off in view of it having six engines (plus presumably being full of fuel) is beyond comprehension...:-)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYF6fYteIq8
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 13:39 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - Zero
The wings don't fall off because aerodynamic lift is supporting them
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 15:22 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - Stuartli
Not when it's on the ground they ain't....:-) :-)
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 16:11 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - Haywain
"Not when it's on the ground they ain't....:-) :-)"

It do if it be windy enough!

;-)
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 15:54 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - henry k
Not bad for an aircraft that was scrapped but dragged out of the bone yard and refurbished.
It is the only one in flying condition.
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 15:48 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - zippy
>> Any ideas why a short while ago I saw an AWACS plane overhead, on a
>> flight path to Manchester airport? I wonder where it came from or will be heading
>> to next.
>>


www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsioB82Djn0
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 16:44 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - neiltoo
The inner engines get very close to the ground as it turns towards the end of the clip.
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 18:02 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - Bromptonaut
>> The inner engines get very close to the ground as it turns towards the end
>> of the clip.

The AWACS is based on the Boeing 707 which was of course designed originally for much slimmer turbojets. The high bypass turbofans on the AWACS have a substantially larger diameter and may well have needed modified mountings for even the currently acceptable ground clearance.
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 Sun 5 Nov 17 17:42 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - rtj70
Thanks zippy... so it's come for a bit of a repaint. Seems one came here in 2016 for the same at Air Livery Ltd.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/royal-air-force-boeing-manchester-11135412

And another earlier this year:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=so3zRnDf60Q
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 Mon 6 Nov 17 16:03 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - Stuartli
Another takeoff by the Antolov 225, this time at Zurich, with some brave airport workers filming it:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jALTAeHLbQ&t=242
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 Mon 6 Nov 17 18:08 
 AWACS Plane Landing at Manchester Airport - Hard Cheese
Did you know that we have recently bought three RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft from the Americans under project Airseeker, they are converted KC-135 tankers and the airframes are all at least 50 years old. The electronic monitoring systems are however very advanced.

The KC-135 is a tanker that is related to the 707 though they were in fact both developed separately from the Dash 80 prototype.

Edit: The AWACS are the Boeing E-3 Sentry which is based on the 707 rather than the C-135/KC-135.
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