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Antonio Rodríguez-Barberán, Airbus Military's new vice-president commercial, is a man with a sense of humor. During his first presentation to a trade media briefing in Seville, southern Spain, on the site of the A400M's final assembly line, Rodríguez-Barberán was touting the merits of the aircraft's refueling capacities.
He was explaining that it “can not only refuel male or female fighter aircraft (for those equipped with receptacle equipped receivers and those equipped with probe-equipment receivers), but it can also be refueled itself! Well, this plane is a hermaphrodite,” he concluded. The comment was met with a gale of laughter and immediate understanding amongst those present that the plane now has a name!
Any guesses as to what the name of the A400M will/should be ?
My nomination is HERMES.
Edited by Philrigger to add name suggestion.