A400M engine - hey, it works!
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Anyone Got Any News?
This thread last got an update in April so hence this post.
What's the latest news on how the engine/prop trials are going for the A400? They must have got 50 hours on the clock by now and if so, when's the first flight of the much delayed (and badly needed) A400M going to be?
MB
What's the latest news on how the engine/prop trials are going for the A400? They must have got 50 hours on the clock by now and if so, when's the first flight of the much delayed (and badly needed) A400M going to be?
MB
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Update on Snoopy's test flying programme anyone?
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?
Marshalls must have logged a fair number of hours by now unless there have been major snags identified.
MB
Marshalls must have logged a fair number of hours by now unless there have been major snags identified.
MB
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?
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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.
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Not wanting to break from tradition with the A400M programme, a last minute notice for all...
Tonight the Marshall Aerospace flight-test gang will be giving a presentation on their Flying Test Bed efforts; An unholy combination of the TP400 and C130...
RAeS Headquarters, Hamilton Place, London - 17:30 for 18:00.
http://www.raes.org.uk/conference/PDFs/FTOct09.pdf.
Tonight the Marshall Aerospace flight-test gang will be giving a presentation on their Flying Test Bed efforts; An unholy combination of the TP400 and C130...
RAeS Headquarters, Hamilton Place, London - 17:30 for 18:00.
The A400M Powerplant Flying Test Bed is a
C130K Hercules modified to accommodate
the TP400-D6 turbo-prop engine in place of
the original left inboard engine.
C130K Hercules modified to accommodate
the TP400-D6 turbo-prop engine in place of
the original left inboard engine.
http://www.raes.org.uk/conference/PDFs/FTOct09.pdf.
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Anyone who owns any property near Lyneham should sell up now. The noise from Snoopy with just one A400 engine could be heard all over Cambridge. Nobody will want to live near Lyneham once (if?) there are fleets of them flying around.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Nobody will want to live near Lyneham once (if?) there are fleets of them flying around.
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South Africa canceled an order to buy eight Airbus A400 military transport aircraft after the costs soared.
South Africa Cancels Airbus Order After Costs Soar (Update1) - Bloomberg.com
South Africa Cancels Airbus Order After Costs Soar (Update1) - Bloomberg.com
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A400M first flight now announced for calendar week 50 by senior Airbus Military management. That's between december 7 and 13.
Source:
Airbus: A400M könnte in der 50. Kalenderwoche starten - FLUG REVUE
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Airbus: A400M könnte in der 50. Kalenderwoche starten - FLUG REVUE
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The Americans have got loads of C17, so they must use it exactly like a C130...
If we had enough C17s so that they weren't all working max chat on the airbridge then they might be allowed to train up for some of the other roles for which the jet is so well designed!
The 'customers' want it, the crews want it, it just needs a little greater asset:task ratio!
In a kind of Field of Dreams way - if you task them, they will perform!
Uncle G
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I see from the link above it's turning into the usual fiasco "the revised timing and cost of the program, which is currently three years late and hugely over cost". Almost like buying from BAe or whatever their name is this week 
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A400M's first flight is now officially announced to take place friday december 11th.
Airbus Military kündigt A400M-Erstflug für 11. Dezember an - FLUG REVUE
Airbus Military kündigt A400M-Erstflug für 11. Dezember an - FLUG REVUE
