A400M Engine Test Bed
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A400M Engine Test Bed
Has anyone heard of or know anything about what's happening with the MA C130 with the Airbus engine?
Any idea when it's going to fly?
Thanks.
Any idea when it's going to fly?
Thanks.
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Probably not, the only relevant info was this bit:
By my reckoning Spring finishes pretty soon. Should one be suspecting problems with the engine or (more likely) the installation on an airframe (the Herc) not designed to take it?
Delivered to the Marshall Aerospace facility in Cambridge by Europrop International on November 19th, a TP400 development engine was installed on the wing of a converted C-130 Hercules aircraft on December 3rd. The aircraft, with the outsized engine mounted in place of the C-130’s inner port engine, is being readied by Marshall for flight tests that are due to begin in the spring of 2008.