A blog about planes and other flying machines
This is a picture from the first flight of the Airbus A400M military transport plane. The plane is several years late, over budget and several customers have cancelled their orders due to the delays.
Sound familiar?
From what I understand, the Airbus A400M is targeted at countries that want to upgrade their aging fleet of C-130 Hercules but can’t necessarily afford C-17 Globemaster jets. I could be wrong about that though.
Photo of an American Airlines B767-N7375A landing at DFW Airport. Related posts:Wing Wednesday: Chicago O’Hare EditionMD-80 Landing At DFW
111202-F-ZU607-074, a photo by Official U.S. Air Force on Flickr. Via Flickr: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Steve Roeper, a 107th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons load crew member, performs a rack inspection and cleaning on a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt close air support aircraft at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2011. The A-10 can [...]
