Airbus Military ha anunciado el vuelo del tercer prototipo del A400M, el avión número MSN003, desde la factoría de San Pablo, en Sevilla.
Hasta el 9 de Julio de 2010, el A400M había realizado 100 vuelos de prueba, con unas 400 horas de vuelo.
A mitad de 2011, Airbus dispondrá de cinco A400 de prueba. Se espera la entrada en servicio a finales de 2012, con un retraso de unos tres años sobre la fecha inicial prevista.
El MSN003 se dedicará a probar sistemas de navegación y el piloto automático.
flightglobal
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Airbus Military has enjoyed two notable firsts in its A400M programme, with the debut flight of development aircraft MSN003 having been achieved while its first two aircraft were also airborne.
Flown from the company's San Pablo final assembly site near Seville, Spain, MSN003 took off at 13:57 local time with a crew of five, including experimental test pilots Tony Flynn and Francois Barre.
As of 9 July, the A400M test fleet had logged 100 test flights and a combined 400 flight hour
Airbus Military will have five test aircraft available by mid-2011, with these required to fly a combined total of 3,700h during development testing of the A400M. The transport is expected to enter service around late 2012, following a delivery delay of around three years.
Carrying a medium instrumentation load, MSN003 will be dedicated to tasks including proving the A400M's autopilot and navigation systems.
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