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Royal Air Force Airbus A400 Arrives in New Zealand

One of the Royal Air Force's Airbus A400M aircraft arrives at RNZAF Base Ohakea inNew Zealand, prior to the RNZAF's 80th birthday Air Tattoo. The Airbus A400 'Atlas' is a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities, designed to replace older transport aircraft such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. Size wise, the A400M sits between the C-130 Hercules and the C-17 Globemaster; it can carry heavier loads than the C-130, while still being able to use rough landing strips. The A400M's maiden flight, originally planned for 2008, took place on 11th December 2009 from Seville in Spain. However it wasn't until March 2013 that the design received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification. On 29th December 2013, the French Air Force performed the A400M's first operational mission when one of its aircraft flew to Mali in Africa in support of a mission to oust Islamic militants out of the north of that country. The A400M's wings are primarily carbon fibre reinforced plastic while the eight-bladed scimitar propellers are also made from a woven composite material. The aircraft is powered by four Europrop TP400-D6 engines are each rated at 8,250 kW (11,000 hp) and they're the most powerful turboprop engines to enter service in the West. The pair of propellers on each wing turn in opposite directions, which is in contrast to the overwhelming majority of multi-engine propeller driven aircraft where all props turn in the same direction. This is achieved by the use of a gearbox fitted to two of the engines, and only the propeller turns the opposite direction; all four engines are identical and turn in the same direction. The A400M has a removable refuelling probe mounted above the cockpit to allow the aircraft to receive fuel from drogue-equipped tankers. Optionally, the receiving probe can be replaced with a fuselage mounted receptacle for receiving fuel from boom equipped tankers. The Atlas also features deployable baffles in front of the rear side doors, which are intended to give paratroops time to get clear of the aircraft before they're hit by the slipstream. The Royal Air Force's first operational use of the A400M was in March 2015, when that service flew a cargo mission to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. -- http://www.aviationfilm.com Copyright © 2017 Historical Aviation Film Unit This video material may not be reproduced in any form (except on other websites as an unedited embedded video which links back to to this YouTube master), without the written permission of the Historical Aviation Film Unit. This particularly applies to television broadcasters and other media outlets.