Had I known his state before we took off, I would certainly have mentioned it. But I only found out once we were in the cruise as I was down in the dungeon for departure.
Had a word with my boss when we got back, he spoke to his oppo at Lyneham. What happened thereafter, I don't know.
Anyway, back to the thread. Climb performance for the A400M carrying 17 T of trash on a 3000 nm sector is claimed to be FL310 in less than 30 minutes. Hardly rocket-like, but it will then cruise at M0.68 at up to FL370.
Last edited by BEagle; 26th May 2005 at 07:23.