Does the A400M have a Use?
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Does the A400M have a Use?
Apart from going round and round Brize Norton (probably not wanting to get lost), flying quite low over the surrounding villages and making a lot of noise, does the A400M Atlas actually do anything useful?
It does a good job of turning dead Dinosaurs into heat and noise!
They could have flown around Lyneham, and let louder aircraft orbit Brize, but they decided to put all the eggs into one runway...
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Well, those ones that trundle daily over Cornwall at FL300, either heading SW or NE, must be doing something.
She’s been supporting Ops in the Falklands for the past 3 years. https://en.mercopress.com/2018/04/04...easant-complex
Or supporting UN ops in Mali?
Or taking emergency aid to Indonesia after the earthquakes/tsunami struck?
Or picking up PPE for the UK’s fight against COVID:
She does do quite a bit really, and will soon be doing much more as she takes over other roles from C130J. As ever, a slow start from introduction to service, but starting to get about a whole lot more now.
Or supporting UN ops in Mali?
Or taking emergency aid to Indonesia after the earthquakes/tsunami struck?
Or picking up PPE for the UK’s fight against COVID:
She does do quite a bit really, and will soon be doing much more as she takes over other roles from C130J. As ever, a slow start from introduction to service, but starting to get about a whole lot more now.
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She’s been supporting Ops in the Falklands for the past 3 years. https://en.mercopress.com/2018/04/04...easant-complex
Or supporting UN ops in Mali?
Or taking emergency aid to Indonesia after the earthquakes/tsunami struck?
Or picking up PPE for the UK’s fight against COVID:
She does do quite a bit really, and will soon be doing much more as she takes over other roles from C130J. As ever, a slow start from introduction to service, but starting to get about a whole lot more now.
Or supporting UN ops in Mali?
Or taking emergency aid to Indonesia after the earthquakes/tsunami struck?
Or picking up PPE for the UK’s fight against COVID:
She does do quite a bit really, and will soon be doing much more as she takes over other roles from C130J. As ever, a slow start from introduction to service, but starting to get about a whole lot more now.
Conga line loading of PPE?
Should have been there when they were doing Concorde proving tests - and with the VC10's providing "distractions" for the locals because they were louder!
Is entering via what on the C130 would be the crew entrance door the norm for the A400 ?
Offloading the co-pilots spare meals/drinks/coffee/tea/drinks at Dakar,for `those `who lived just off the ramp...
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Crew and Business Class at Door 1L, the rest via the big hole at the back?
