C141 Starlifter vs C17!

Thanks to one of our readers who pointed out my 'deliberate' mistake regarding a c141 starlifter which of course in now retired! Actually the aircraft I saw was longer than the C17 so I have to assume it was probably a C5 Galaxy rather than a C17. Most often, they are actually C17's but I believe there are still C5's in service.

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It was a lovely clear but cold day yesterday and this allowed me to do a bit of spotting for military traffic crossing the north/south civil corridor over Leicester. A USAF C141 Starlifter at FL340 flew eastbound towards Marham then 'NAVPI' earlier in the morning (to the south of Leicester). Later, 3 Typhoons at FL360, one after the other came across westbound out of Coningsby no doubt heading for Wales to go low level training. All aircraft were working 'Central sector' on 252.875Mhz. That's all for now, Mark.