Airbus A400m landing Farnborough air show 2010

[ikolkyo967]

C-17 will kill it.

[althevanner1]

@Warhawkvj Hey, if the European Commission want to create a European superstate, they would probably want to have their own tools with which to do the job!

[stalkingalizee]

Amasing shot! It is rather quiet for having such large turbo-prop engines. They actually sound like smaller turbojets.

[rhysybum]

@julesgymnast It is Replacing the C130 in the Royal airforce, well at least one one the 2 types. I think its the K.

[Warhawkvj]

Looks like an underpowered ripoff of a C17

[foucdeg]

@Warhawkvj No, it's much smaller and it's not made for the same purpose. It is meant as a C-130 replacement.

[Warhawkvj]

@foucdeg I don't see how it could replace the C-130, it's an AirBus.

[techdefined]

@Warhawkvj The A400 is a generation more modern, more efficient, faster,lower cost of ownership, bigger, then the C-130, more flexible.

If you would stick the TP400 engines to a 737 you would get 30% better fuel efficience over the CFM engines.

The T400 engines are the most powerful propengines in the western world.

[rhysybum]

@foucdeg I think its replacin the C130 K in like 2015 or summin stupid like that

[cthomann]

Proud to be European!

[UvadupDisco]

These gems were not displayed on the public days. All we got was the same old tosh.

[launchsa]

Notice the opposite rotation of the props.

[macanix]

Nice... those props look amazing!

Though if that's taken from your back yard... well erm... good luck... :)

[CaptainUpube]

@macanix - They're called 'gardens' over here in Blighty mate. Not 'yards'!