Airbus A400M (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The media cheer the (2-year delay) maiden flight of the new European A400M military transport.
Here films from the first flight and the technical details:
On the homepage of Airbus a video of the maiden flight in Seville is available.
The house high flying fortress costs about 1.36 million Euro per piece; of the 180 at EADS, the largest European aerospace and defense group, pre-ordered aircraft ordered Germany alone 60!
The 15 m high and 45 m long military transport aircraft can transport tanks, helicopters and crews on the 8700 km distance and will replace the smaller Transall, which only has a range of 1850 km away.
The Bundeswehr previously served as a transport aircraft of the Airbus A310, the Transall C-160D and the Challenger CL-six hundred and first (more ...)
