Portal:Aviation/Selected Aircraft/August 2006

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Artist's impression of Airbus A400M

The Airbus A400M is a four-engine turboprop aircraft, designed by Airbus Military to meet the demand of European nations for military airlift. Since its formal launch the aircraft has also been ordered by South Africa, Chile and Malaysia.

The A400M will start to be assembled in the Seville plant of EADS Spain (part of Airbus Military) in October 2006, manufacturing three aircraft per month. The first test flight will be in 2007.


  • Span: 42.4 m (139 ft 1 in)
  • Length: 43.8 m (143 ft 8 in)
  • Height: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
  • Engines: 4 EPI TP400-D6 (8,250 kW power)
  • Cruising Speed: 250 mph
  • First Flight: Scheduled for 2007
  • Number built: 0 (195 ordered)
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