Landed at Manchester today...

[qzdcg8]

...was some strange 4 turboprop monster - looked for all the world like a Lockheed Constellation but was probably a Russian thingy. Stood in my back garden this afternoon (in Stockport area) and heard the drone of its engines a long long time before I saw it. Anyone have any news on what it was?

[qzdcg8]

A quick hunt on t'internet reveals it was a might Antonov An-22

http://www.ringwayreports.co.uk/ringway.htm

http://www.sitesupplyco.com/an22video.html

[martinhodgson]

T'was - been clogging my email all about it! Shuttling an aircraft engine out to Lanzarote for First Choice