Well, another day, another new aircraft takes to the skies. The A400M is almost as troubled as the B787, but has today taken a great step forward in it’s programme by taking off over 20 months late, and heading into the sky at 10:15 from San Pablo airport near Seville, Spain
Frame MSN001 had a 3 hour and 45 minute flight, before landing back successfully, with “sparking” take off performance and extended work as things were going well.
Of course – this is an excuse for some airplane p0rn! 😉
Picture: Airbus Military 2009, L. Olivas – http://www.a400m.com/
More coverage at http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/11/336083/updated-pictures.html and video at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8407825.stm
(Sorry for the delays in posting – I’m switching laptops at the moment and am migrating from one to another. No delay vouchers or food vouchers will be issued alas due to the shortness of delay. Thank you for flying GhettoIFE.com)
