Originally Posted by
Ken Scott
Back to the original question of retaining the J - a few years ago I had to host an amiable young lady at one of the OM annual shindigs for local dignitaries. She was from the A400 wing design team at Filton and I asked her about battle damage repair to the composite wing. She said there was none possible and that a single round through the structure would scrap the entire wing. ‘How many spare wings were there?’ I asked. ‘’None’ she said...
So in any future war scenario we might need some alternative Tac AT ac!
Talking about fragility and the lack of capacity, has ZM409 flown since it's bird strike 14 months ago? If not, are there plans for it to fly again or could it be used to provide for the A400s stored without engines at the end of Burford Road?
Freeman