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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Airbus A-400M Begins Air Refueling Tests

The plane takes on more and more of an operational flavor as it performs multiple dry hookups behind a typical refueling platform.  This work can get exciting.  During early C-17 AAR work, the plane entered a very pronounced lateral pilot induced oscillation that required a major rework of the control system in the AAR mode.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/a400m-advances-refuelling-trials-with-french-transall-377753/

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