Boeing C 17A Globemaster III (ZZ176) Lands, Reverses & Takes Off at Guernsey Airport 5/3/21

Here is the military Boeing C-17A Globemaster III aircraft, on one of it's crew training exercises to Guernsey in the Channel Islands. This one is aircraft serial number ZZ176 which is operated by the Royal Air Force and flew here from RAF Brize Norton.
This was filmed on the 5th March 2021 and shows the aircraft arriving, after having done some circuits around Jersey, where it immediately overshoots Guernsey Airport and does a hard right turn, to then follow along the south coast, heading west and a mile offshore. After this it did a full circuit of the islands airport, to then appear flying along the south coast again, but at two miles offshore. It then went about 9 miles to the west of Guernsey, before it came back and we see it on it's final approach to the airport, where it then landed. It then had to reverse approximately 4,000ft down the runway to be able to take off again. Reversing was it's only option, because it is too big to taxi along the apron, down to the end of the runway. It then took off and went back to RAF Brize Norton where it is based.
ABOUT THE BOEING C-17 GLOBEMASTER
The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. The C-17 was developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The aircraft carries on the name of two previous United States military cargo aircraft, the C-74 Globemaster and the C-124 Globemaster II. The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating base anywhere in the world. It has the ability to rapidly deploy a combat unit to a potential battle area and sustain it with on-going supplies. The C-17 is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions.
A propulsive lift system allows the C-17 to achieve safe landings on short runways. The C-17 is capable of landing a full payload in less than 3,000ft. The propulsive lift system uses engine exhaust to generate lift: the engine exhaust is directed onto large flaps, which extend into the exhaust stream, allowing the aircraft to fly a steep approach at a relatively low landing speed.
The aircraft is capable of turning in a small radius and can complete a 180° star turn in 80ft. The aircraft can also carry out routine backing. A fully loaded aircraft is capable of backing up a 2% gradient slope using the directed flow thrust reversers.
SPECIFICATIONS
Powerplant: four 40,400lb st (179.90kN) Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans
Length overall: 174ft (53.04m)
Height overall: 55ft 1in (16.79m)
Wingspan: 169ft 9in (51.74m)
Wing area: 3,800sqft (353.03m2)
Empty Weight: 282,500 lbs (128,140kg)
Maximum take-off weight: 585,000lb (265,350kg)
Cruising speed at 28,000ft: 450kt (833km/h)
Range with 100,000lb (45,360kg) payload: more than 4,500nm (8,334km)
Service ceiling: 45,000ft
Maximum payload (2.5g load factor): 169,000lb (76,655kg)
Other information on this aircraft can be found on the Royal Air Force site here.www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/globe...
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[@airspeed_alive]

Thanks for the vid! I just came here because ZZ177 has just done 5 go arounds and now on final for a 6th attempt!

[@MrBooojangles]

Yeah I managed to hear two of the passes very loud as they came over our house. It's always cool to see them and the other aircraft from Brize Norton. 🙂

[@airspeed_alive]

@@MrBooojangles after the 7th attempt I have to go with they was doing touch and goes, then it flew off to Exeter, lovely plane and sound! 🤩

[@MrBooojangles]

@@airspeed_alive I know they do instrument training when they come here too. The airport normally puts it on social media posts and a friend works up there. He was the one that actually tipped me off that the one on this video was going to reverse down the runway, or I would never have gone to see it. 😁

[@Felixavation_YT]

i litterely saw this from a car

[@plutsac]

Turn is Called a run and break

[@KumaBean]

Nice! Jersey Bean here, can’t say I’m not jealous 😀 🍻

[@MrBooojangles]

LOL. This was definately a rare moment for one of these to land and to reverse down the runway was ultra rare and impressive. Definately not something I would have wanted to miss. Do they land in Jersey when they fly over you down there?

[@KumaBean]

@@MrBooojangles I’ve never know one to, but we get the Atlas from Brize Norton every now and then doing approaches, which is fun because we’re right on the flight line 🙂👌 🍻

[@MrBooojangles]

@@KumaBean ahh cool.

[@rdbjrseattle]

What camera?

[@MrBooojangles]

Panasonic DMC-FZ45 bridge camera.

[@GamerGirlyearsago]

I think you should make more excuse videos!

[@MrBooojangles]

Maybe one day. 🙂

[@GamerGirlyearsago]

@@MrBooojangles wait what time is it for you? Cause I live in the US in Virginia, so I know we’re on different time zones.

[@MrBooojangles]

@@GamerGirlyearsago oh wow, I didn't know you were from the US. Here we are pretty much on the Greenwich zero latitude line. We set our time to the same as the UK.