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Airbus Military: A400M development aircraft fleet makes 2000th flight

Madrid, Spain - From Manching to Toulouse

Airbus Military’s five-strong development fleet of A400M new generation airlifters has completed its 2,000th flight. The aircraft that made the milestone flight, a routine flight-test sortie from Manching to Toulouse on 18 October, was the 5th aircraft, known as MSN6 and nicknamed "Grizzly 5". Since the first flight of the A400M on 11 December 2009, the development fleet has clocked up 5,665 f...

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Rome, Italy, 10/22/2013 17:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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