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Airbus A400M airlifter makes first production flight

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The first production version of Airbus Military’s A400M airlifter has completed its maiden flight, with the company saying the aircraft is on schedule for delivery to the French Air Force by June. (australianaviation.com.au) Mehr...

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preacher1
preacher1 4
Funny how it looks amazingly similar to the "Herc". I guess they are after Lockheed now as well as Boeing
yr2012
matt jensen 1
Yep, their version of my beloved Herky, exc with 6 bladed props. Orders totalled 174 aircraft from eight nations as of July 2011. Airbus Military is expected to deliver the first aircraft in the second quarter of 2013
yr2012
matt jensen 1
preacher1
preacher1 2
Are they 8? The newest Herc's are 6. That's what they are using at LIT for training and were in process of equipping all Hurricane Hunters with them. They say they give one hellacious power increase. I could only imagingine what 8 would do. All I ever flew on was 4.
yr2012
matt jensen 1
Yep, had to go back and count them a second and third time - Hamilton Sundstrand 5.3m diam. The maiden flight was in 2009, so I don't know what the diff is now. They did all the high altitude flights in Bolivia two years ago.
Stonesurfer
Stonesurfer 0
Yeah, kind of looks like a C-141 mixed with a C-17 and a Herc.
yr2012
matt jensen 1
Looks nuthin like a 141 or 17
preacher1
preacher1 1
I can't see the resemblance on the first 2, especially with the props.
HunterTS4
Toby Sharp 1
Set for "on time" delivery this June.......even though it is three years late......awesome plane tho!
ace005
ace005 1
I was wondering when a non-testing A400M would be produced and seen. Nice see Airbus making progress towards the A400M's military career.
WALLACE24
WALLACE24 1
I can't even see the blades in this pic, let alone count them.

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