Strange aircraft spotted in the Derbyshire skies identified
The unusual aircraft was spotted in Walton, Wingerworth and Old Whittington in Chesterfield, as well as in the skies over Shirebrook in recent days.
It has now been identified as a V-22 Osprey – an unusual tiltrotor military aircraft which is designed to combine the vertical take-off and landing capabilities of a helicopter along with the longer range and higher speed of a conventional airplane. It can travel up to 300mph (482km/h).
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