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Friday, September 11, 2009

First A400M leaves Final Assembly Line

Airbus A400MThe first A400M (MSN1) from Airbus Military left the Final Assembly Line (FAL) on 2 September, to be moved to the next ground test station which now is outdoors.

This follows satisfactory completion of all indoor ground testing on station 35, which included verification and checks of all the systems and of the modifications and improvements that were embodied into MSN1 over the past months to make it a more mature aircraft at First Flight.

Trials to be performed on the first outdoor station (station 30) will last approximately two weeks and will include fuel tests, pressurisation tests, as well as navigation and communication checks.

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