A400 Grizzly
Atlas ... Ok, name it after some mountains on another continent, that'll work!
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Grizzly is probably more acceptable than "Late, very late, in fact years and years late and a hugely over budget thing that is still no closer to being good to go" which is way more accurate than any suggested name I have seen to date 
That piece from the Torygraph (by Roland Gribben) is so full of errors that I felt obliged to dispatch a harrumphogram to their letters column. Since it is, as yet, unpublished, I won't quote it here - but basically the A400M had its public début at RIAT last year, with more at Farnborough the following week. And the idea that an appearance at Farnborough "next month" is another début is clearly nuts, since there is no Farnborough this year. (It's getting its naming at RIAT)
And finally, he can't spell 'marshal'.
Harrumph
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And finally, he can't spell 'marshal'.
Harrumph
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Not to be confused with my 'baby' the mighty B747-400...........
I have christened my car satnav 'Cynthia', after a female friend. They both exhibit the same trait of uttering 50% crap..........
HB
I have christened my car satnav 'Cynthia', after a female friend. They both exhibit the same trait of uttering 50% crap..........
HB
Don't know about yesterday, but here's what happened today, courtesy of Flight Daily News (apologies for thread drift)
PARIS: PICTURE - Korean A380 spares Airbus's blushes at Le Bourget
Also, I posted this in another thread
http://www.pprune.org/spectators-bal...bourget-2.html
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PARIS: PICTURE - Korean A380 spares Airbus's blushes at Le Bourget
Also, I posted this in another thread
http://www.pprune.org/spectators-bal...bourget-2.html
I just watched the Korea Air A380 do its customary display in the hands of Airbus test pilots. The display includes the extraordinary manoeuvre, called 'circonflex', where it does a TOGA climbing turn at near max aoa (16º-ish), with stick full back, and then, on the far side of the field, they select flight idle, put the gear down and 'bunt' the aircraft from about 25º pitch up to 15º pitch down. Apparently it goes to about 0.3g during the manoeuvre.
Sad to say, the commentators were busy talking about range, passenger numbers, sales figures, and other technical details, so they weren't able to point out to the spectators what was happening. But it still looked fantastic.
Sad to say, the commentators were busy talking about range, passenger numbers, sales figures, and other technical details, so they weren't able to point out to the spectators what was happening. But it still looked fantastic.
