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First Airbus A400M will no longer fly and is to be placed on public display (VIDEO)

Madrid, Spain - "It will inspire a new generation to seek careers in aerospace", Chief Test Pilot Ed Strongman comments

Nearly four years after its maiden flight, the first Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has been retired and is to be placed on public display. Development aircraft MSN1, affectionately known as Grizzly 1, made its final flight from Toulouse on 4 November, manned by exactly the same crew that first took it airborne from Seville on 11 December 2009. In addition, MSN3 has been placed in...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1156754
Rome, Italy, 11/27/2013 14:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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