Given the reprieve the the varoius EU partners in the A400M programme have today given Airbus to the end of the year, does anyone know how the test flying is going at Marshalls and most importantly, when will the new engines / props be cleared for flight on the A400?
The latest report in Flight ("
A400M partners head for latest crisis meeting") says
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But risk-reduction activities using a modified Lockheed Martin C-130 testbed (above) in the UK have failed to add to a pre-Paris total of 12 flights and 35 flight hours; some 15h short of a planned programme total which EPI officials had expected to conclude by mid-July.