Wings for first Spanish Air Force A400M arrive in Seville
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Wings for first Spanish Air Force A400M arrive in Seville


Airbus
| 2015/10/21 | 119 words | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY

The wings for the first Airbus A400M new generation airlifter for the Spanish Air Force have arrived at the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in San Pablo, Seville. These first large elements of the aircraft, known as MSN44, were transported by ship from the UK where they were made to St Nazaire, France and then flown to Seville inside a specially designed giant Airbus Beluga aircraft.
MSN44 will shortly enter into the final assembly process in preparation for its delivery to the Spanish Air Force in the second quarter of 2016.

The picture shows the wings being unloaded from the open nose of the Beluga into the FAL through a set of doors shaped around the contours of the Beluga.
 

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