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Picture: Five Grizzlys together
All five A400M aircraft have flown together for the first time.
Gary Parsons - 7-Jun-2012
Airbus Military image
June 7: To celebrate having all five Airbus Military A400M flight test aircraft in Toulouse at the same time, the Airbus Military Flight Test team put in place a special formation flight, after which each aircraft continued its specific flight test activity.
This technical flight of the five Grizzlies, MSN1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, was crewed with Airbus Flight Test teams and no particular manoeuvres or tests were undertaken. Following the formation, the different aircraft continued on their daily activity: MSN1 continued with handling quality tests, MSN2 with air-to-air refuelling wing pods hose stability tests, MSN3 with engine performance tests, MSN4 with pressurisation and oxygen tests and MSN6 with function and reliability tests.
Filed Under Military Aviation News, Military Aviation News.
2 Comments
Capricorn said on the 7-Jun-2012 at 16:55
Now that's a beautiful sight.
Let's hope the Europeans will commit to this aircraft as much as they've ever committed to US products... and perhaps the US military will be allowed to do so too.
Dreaming is still allowed, no?
John Bradley. said on the 8-Jun-2012 at 12:32
Yes, indeed a beautiful sight to behold.Its really great to see, and hear, alot more positive news coming from the AirBus Military A400M flight testing programme,particularly following such a traumatic birth.Here's Wishing the A400M every success for the future.
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