Orbit 17 +++ Space and beyond » The Grizzly http://www.orbit17.com galaxies, science, exploration, astronomy (blog) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:45:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Three years late, ‘the Grizzly’ military transport plane finally takes to the skies http://www.orbit17.com/three-years-late-the-grizzly-military-transport-plane-finally-takes-to-the-skies/ http://www.orbit17.com/three-years-late-the-grizzly-military-transport-plane-finally-takes-to-the-skies/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:41:31 +0000 galaxy17 http://www.orbit17.com/?p=224 Airbus the Grizzly

We have lift-off: The A400 Airbus finally gets into the sky, and the design specifications that make it so special Credit: AFP/Getty

Heading into the blue three years late, Airbus’s troubled A400M ‘flying truck’ military transport plane lifts off for its maiden flight.

The plane took off from Seville, in Spain, yesterday, with the flags of nine countries emblazoned on its side – the seven Nato nations plus Malaysia, which has ordered several planes, and South Africa, which recently pulled out of its order.

Britain has ordered up to 20 of the planes but the project has been dogged by delays and cost-overuns.

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