An RAF transporter was spotted flying low across Tayside and Fife on Monday afternoon.
RAF Atlas – used to transport aircraft and other cargo – was around 300ft above the ground when it flew over Perth Airport at around 3.30pm.
Data from flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed the plane taking a flight path over St Andrews, the Angus Coast, Coupar Angus, Pitlochry, and Scone.
Stuart Oswald – who captured a video from Perth Airport – said: “The control tower received a request from RAF Atlas for a low pass over the airport.
“We had another one a couple of weeks ago but this was even lower – I’d say its altitude was around 300ft when it flew over.”
The plane took off from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at 12.30pm and headed north to Scotland.
After looping around St Andrews the jet headed to Arbroath where it circled the Angus coast before flying over Pitlochry.
It then headed back towards the coast and performed a U-turn around Scone in Perthshire.
The transporter jet then performed one more loop back towards Dundee before heading back south.
Local residents were surprised by the altitude of the flight.
One person posted on a Coupar Angus Facebook page: “Was low, seen the pilot!”
Another wrote: “Was at 875ft when I spotted it outside Forfar.”
A user added: “Was pretty amazing to see so close.”
It comes as residents across Tayside were woken up by low-flying helicopters in June.
RAF Atlas on routine training mission
An RAF spokesperson said: “RAF Atlas A400 from RAF Brize Norton was completing a routine training sortie today in Northern England and Eastern Scotland yesterday.
“This included low-level overland and overseas flying and practice diversions to a variety of civilian and Military airfields.
“The RAF routinely uses differing areas all over the UK for training as they provide complex and differing airspace challenges for our aircrew to ensure they are ready for global operations.”
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