PICTURES: Airbus celebrates as A400M gets airborne
By Craig HoyleAirbus Military’s first A400M transport took off from San Pablo airport near Seville, Spain at 10:15 local time on its historic first flight, with the aircraft expected to remain airborne for up to 3h.
Perhaps in keeping with the programme’s delayed nature, the A400M got airborne 15min later than scheduled. Some 15min into its sortie the aircraft was at 8,000ft (m) performing low speed testing, and Airbus says all is performing as expected.
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