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Second production Airbus Military A400M maiden flight

Issue No. 12 | June 16-30, 2013

The second production A400M aircraft, with French Air Force markings and temporary French civil registration, took off for its first flight on June 10. Known as MSN8, the aircraft made its first flight from Seville, Spain, the location of the A400M final assembly line on June 7.

It is scheduled for delivery to the French Air Force in the third quarter of the year. MSN7, which flew for the first time at the beginning of March this year, will be delivered to the French Air Force in the coming weeks.