A400M

[dodgy-alan 1,587]

Some more pics of the Wilco Airbus A400M.

Hot dogging around Wales

Jumpseat view as she taxies in

with the Luftwaffe

Spanish Air Force over Catalonia

Para dropping Turkish Air Force

Armeé d'l'air

another Frenchman, this time parked at Woodbridge

Departing Belgian

Demo aircraft Khe san approach

With a C130 at Woodbridge

US Coastguard, a possible user?

Unicef mission in Sudan, Khartoum

Unable to land so a LAPES ( Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System)drop is needed.

Thanks for viewing

[hurricanemk1c 195]

Nice shots Alan!

[rosariomanzo 545]

Now THAT was a steep approach! Great shots Alan.

[allardjd 1,853]

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US Coastguard, a possible user?

 

I don't think so... not impossible, but unlikely.

 

Great shots, Alan. It's an interesting airpane - second most powerful turboprops ever built.

 

John

[britfrog 180]

we get one of their test planes out of toulouse flying all around here every week at the moment, it makes an enormous noise and sounds like no other turbo prop at the moment, once you have heard it you cant mistake it. Put in a war situation this plane could not sneak on anyone unless they were deaf. it is sort of a winged equivalent of a huey

[dodgy-alan 1,587]

I've seen bits of it on Youtube etc and also saw the full size mock-up at Farnborough in 2003.(think it was, got photo's somewhere) so looking forward to seeing a real one.