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A400M 'Ville d'Orléans' wins airworthiness certificate

Issue No. 5 | March 01-15, 2014Photo(s): By French Air Force

On February 18, at Air Base 123 at Orléans, Gen. Hervé Rameau, head of the Direction de la Sécurité Aéronautique d’Etat (French state airworthiness board, DSAé) officially handed over to Lt Colonel Paul Creuset, commander of the Multinational Entry into Service Team (MEST), the certificate of airworthiness of the first A400M to enter service with the French air force, MSN07 “Ville d'Orléans”

Certification requires an in-depth review of the aircraft’s technical documentation, and well as a physical inspection, which were both carried out by DSAé personnel.