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Old 25th April 2017 | 10:57
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Porrohman
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Is this the largest aircraft to have landed at Dundee?

VIDEO: RAF A400M ATLAS PILOTS TEST OUT SHORT LANDING ABILITIES AT DUNDEE AIRPORT
https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/f...undee-airport/

For those interested in the technical side of things, the A400M has an undercarriage designed for soft-field operations so it spreads its load over a bigger area and thus has a low ACN for such a large aircraft. The PCN at Dundee is just 26 and doesn't specify whether the pavement is flexible or rigid or what strength the subgrade is. Nevertheless, the A400M was probably well inside this limit for this training op.
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