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Old 29th Nov 2008, 09:30
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Post 79 on 17th September;

Testbed Problems Add To A400M Delay

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Testbed Problems Add To A400M Delay: AINonline

First flight in November? The article doesn't say which year
It seems I was right to question what year they were referring to. This was always going to be a high risk project selecting an unproven propulsion system. I wonder if Airbus / the customer governments will now consider substituting CFM56s for the initial batch of aircraft and retrofit them later when/if they manage to sort out the problems with the TP400 propulsion system.

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