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Old 11th Oct 2006, 09:11
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Set Power
 
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Definitely a hoax!

Snoopy is in the Hangar @ Cambridge still in the same colour scheme but with a MA logo alongside the flight deck and minus the pointy nose and external sensors. The airframe is being prepared to take the new engine and being beefed up somewhat (unsurprisingly)... The engine mounting arrived from Airbus a few weeks ago and is yet to be installed, but the crux of the matter is that the clearance between the other engine blades, ground and fuselage is somewhat reduced from the standard 'K', making it an interesting 100 hour flight test programme... Also the TP400-D6 engine will rotate the 'other way' to a standard 'K' Allison - as per the A400M design - to eliminate the possibility of significant sideways motion at higher power settings... This is one big Prop..
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