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Airbus Military begins final assembly of second serial A-400M airplane

Madrid, Spain - France will receive this model in 2013

The Airbus Military A-400M final assembly line (FAL) in Seville (Spain) has begun working on the second serial production A-400M. The integration of the wings and central wing-box for this aircraft, known as MSN8, began in February. The rest of the main components of the second A-400M destined for delivery to a customer –the French Air Force– arrived in Seville over the last few weeks: the vertical tai...

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Rome, Italy, 03/20/2012 16:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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