RAF C 17 ZZ174 visited during the morning in support of the "Pulling Together" charity event in aid of those who have
been injured whilst serving their country
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Flights from Afghanistan and Iraq regularly arrive into
Birmingham International Airport with injured military
personnel before transferring by road to Selly Oak Hospital
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The first phase of this event was a "Plane Pull" using a Flybe BAe 146-300 aircraft, attempting to pull it 100 metres across
the Elmdon apron....
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.... while the second phase of the charity event was to recreate the journey the wounded take from the airport to the Royal
Centre of Defence Medicine at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham
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Photos: Gordon Stretch
