Military plane from Canada made a stopover in Madeira

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

A Royal Canadian Air Force military plane, a C-17 Globemaster III, from Gibraltar, landed this morning at Madeira Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport.

The aircraft probably landed in Madeira for refueling.

Thanks to Simon Jackson for the screenshot below.

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  3. Hi Tobi
    These Boeing C-17 Globemasters have a range of 4400km – 5200km loaded, without refueling stops.Lets not forget that the shortest and normal route would be over the Artic pole.Therefore it is clear that this stop was part of the ongoing NATO joint military exercise till April+.as it flies south-westernly over the Azores, towards Trenton outside Toronto, its final destination within the hours.

    Portugal has a huge Atlantic sea territory to cover, that spans south to Madeira and West to the Azores.These areas are already marked for logistic maintenence bastions stops for refuelling, repairs, cargo hold distributions, comms stations, crew, medical & discharges. We can expect to see much more of these activities especially in our ports & bay areas, if war becomes immanent. Thank you for sharing as the Globemaster is truely a giant next to a B732, B787, A320 A350 to mention a few. Até já

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  4. Wow! I had no idea a C17 Globemaster could land in our CR airport. However we do see them landing in some challenging terrains. Kudos to the pilot.

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