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Old 21st Jul 2010, 07:12
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Grizzly was the nickname given to the A400M by the flight test crew.

At Farnborough, there are yellow bear paw prints everywhere on the pavement, all leading towards the aircraft - you can 'Get up and close to a Grizzly'.

Yesterday's display was much more restrained than the ILA Berlin display, I thought. But it is certainly more 'jet' than 'turboprop' in sound. Pretty quiet most of the time - although the sideline noise on landing was quite significant.

Incidentally, I though the stupid 'Dave' nonsense dreamed up by spotters had died out... The same people who temed the Buccaneer 'The Brick' and who kept insisting that the F-4J(UK) was the 'Phantom F3'...
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