Airbus A400M Grizzly - Airbus | Aviation Photo #1366706

Anonymous

15 years ago

First picture of a historic day for Seville air industry, joining Toulouse & Hamburg...

Anonymous

15 years ago

What about those fab props then!

Anonymous

15 years ago

#1! Congratulation. 4 x 11.000 hp + fly by wire makes sure many spectacular ones will follow..

Anonymous

15 years ago

Looks alot like the C-17

Anonymous

15 years ago

Welcome new beauty to airliners.net!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Dosent look too bad at all......Infact i love tose propellers of hers as well as the refuelling boom above the nose, interesting entry into military equipment for Airbus. Here's wishing them all the success.
Cheers - Vishal Jolapara

Anonymous

15 years ago

What a beautiful An-70... oops, A-400M. In the West people say all the time that Russia copies their aircraft, what do they have to say now?

Anonymous

15 years ago

Note also the props rotate in opposite directions too.

Anonymous

15 years ago

This beauty looks like a hybrid mix of the different transports... the C-17, the Transall C-160, the Hercules... and ends up beating all of them in the looks department! Hoping to see her soon!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Plane is cool, though I'm not too keen on the C-17-like tail - that part is a bit ugly. Props look wicked though.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Looks like a propeller version of C-17. But Looks good. Thanks for sharing this picture.

Anonymous

15 years ago

What a beautiful plane!..A very big lifter is born;Thanks Airbus!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Beautiful Aircraft

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice rob to the an-70

Anonymous

15 years ago

A nice looking aircraft. Being a Boeing fan, nevertheless Congrats to Airbus!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Interesting aircraft. How standard is it to have counter rotating props on the same wing?

Anonymous

15 years ago

Its a European C130....They pretty much copied the configuration. But nice photo and unique props.

Anonymous

15 years ago

So many years wishing to see this plane.
I like her very much!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Haha, it looked like a small C5 galaxy, until I noticed the props. Looks like a beast.

Anonymous

15 years ago

great looking plane. nice to see a new turboprop transport.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Finally! She sees the light of day! After so many years...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great aircraft. having the first aircraft of the series, this photo is so special

Anonymous

15 years ago

Simply beautiful! Amazing aircraft!

5 stars!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great shot. Thanks for getting the first A400M on A.Net. She can't hang with the Boeing C-17 however...keep trying France.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Looks great!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Looks like nice competition to Hercules or C-17 from US. Good job. Hope it's as good as rest, or even better.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Looks like a cross between a C-17 an Antonov An-70 and the CASA... Very cool!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Wicked looking machine!

Anonymous

15 years ago

OK.... So this is how they managed to delay the A380 for 3 years.

Anonymous

15 years ago

An excellent view of a new aircraft showing its useful purpose of general transport and long range reconnaisance duties. I wonder if the props are of the contra rotating type... A nice clean shot of a powerful newcomer..

Anonymous

15 years ago

...and another beautiful airbus is born.

Anonymous

15 years ago

It does look a lot like a C-17, except for the props and the refuel boom. Very pretty.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Welcome to the skies, A400m!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Almost more massive than the A380... What a beast !

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice looking baby...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Good looking baby...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Looks like an antonov an-22 to me

Anonymous

15 years ago

Fantastic looking plane, looking forward to see this one fly!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Beautiful! And there's a Malaysian flag there too! Just glad the RMAF decided to get some of these.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Sorry guys..but I think it's ugly..

Anonymous

15 years ago

Love the Herc, but it is getting long on the teeth... this is the Herc-replacer I guess

Anonymous

15 years ago

Beats US-military planes 6-0

Anonymous

15 years ago

If the STOL capability, power to weight ratio, fuel consumption and cargo handling is better than a C-17 we have a winner.

But even if they are, the politicians decide anyway.

Anonymous

15 years ago

The props look good.
The rest is ugly.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Congrats Airbus for yet another feat in aviation history... Interesting to find mid-air refuelable part in the front... Just imagining about Airbus coming out with A-380 along with backdoor entry like of A-400 !!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Boy that thing is ugly! But very good shot of it

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice Airbus. A C-5 Copycat

Anonymous

15 years ago

I cannot wait to see this beauty in full Luftwaffe colors!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice picture, awesome airplane!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Well done Airbus...the fuel savings from the turboprops will probably pay for the airplane in this day and age...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Very nice

Anonymous

15 years ago

Must be a brand new aircraft; never seen this one
before. Looks nice!

Anonymous

15 years ago

I love those sexy props. This plane looks so much better than the aging C130.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Well, I must say that on the thumbnail it looks like a C-17 with props:)

Anonymous

15 years ago

Out at last !

Anonymous

15 years ago

A great milestone for aeronautic industry in Spain.It is the largest aircraft assembled in our country.Also Spain is responsible for 10% of the Airbus 380 and 14% for the eurofighter

Anonymous

15 years ago

What a beautiful plane!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

AND a first picutre on a.net ;) Congrats! Looks like a short C-130 combined with a C-17...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice photo!
i like the contra props :)

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice picture, really awesome aircraft!

Anonymous

15 years ago

I can't believe so many people find this airplane ugly! It gives off a deep impression of function over looks and that in itself makes this military craft gracious. Those scimitar shaped props are just breathtaking. I'd love to hear it take off. Good job Airbus!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Flares in background are a nice touch.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice photo, love the props. looks alot like the C-17 the tail is identical.

Anonymous

15 years ago

The nose section reminds me of a C-141 and the tail section of a C-17.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Its beautifull!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

It looks like Ukrainan Antonov 70 which was built about 15 years ago. But in any case it is perfect.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice Photo. Too bad its so far behind schedule. I hear some countries are having to buy C-17s to fill gaps from not recieving A400s in time to replace ageing aircraft. Way to go Airbus.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Looks like a small C-17 wannabe with props and an ugly nose. Nonetheless, I think it will be a sufficient C-130 replacement. At least, it better be with the delays and growing expense....

Anonymous

15 years ago

In 1998 i read in a german magazine that NATO countries were interested in getting a new-generation prop carrier, in order to withdraw the Transal C160 and the Hercules, but they were reluctant to buy the Antonov 70, that was already around, because some people wanted Airbus to get that contract. Ten years later, it is hard not think that information was more than rumours.

Anonymous

15 years ago

This is what held up the A380? A high powered mutant of some kind inexplicably spawned between the C-17 and the An-22....well I like the props...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Simply wonderful, brand-new, looks fantastic. Awesome!

Anonymous

15 years ago

You can clearly see the influence of the Antonov 70 on this model.

Anonymous

15 years ago

To my mind, this plane is ugly

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great

Anonymous

15 years ago

Extremely bright clear photo

Anonymous

14 years ago

I can't say it's a clone of An-70 but I think it was "inspired" by Antonov ;)

Anonymous

14 years ago

Since they are a lot of Military Transport Aircraft on the market, it is not unlikely that a new type like the A400M would look similar like at least one of them. The design is given by design requirements that the aircraft has to meet, and not by competitors. That is why the result is a similar looking aircraft.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Photo has all the crispness of technical rendering, clearly informative

Anonymous

14 years ago

Not beautiful aircraft.

Anonymous

14 years ago

OK, my grandma thinks all cars loke the same..that is, because she has no sense of cars. my grandma would also think, that all planes look the same.

But, the tail section from A400M and the AN-70 totally differs, the engines also, the landing gear belly button is different too. not to forget the props. But of course, both planes have wings, some device to mix the air, and those wheels in the middle and the front. Yeah, maybe that makes it so hard to distingiush both planes for some people, like my grandma...

Anonymous

14 years ago

I love

Anonymous

14 years ago

Nice or uggly...Military need efficiency !

Anonymous

14 years ago

Being a boeing fan,i never knew that airbus would pull this one together...it really looks cool...i cant believe im saying this,but congrats airbus...well,we will see how it performs in the royal malaysian air force soon...

Anonymous

13 years ago

Different planes look similar because physics are the same since the Wright brothers' flight. Its not about copying or whatever, its about being efficient in one role or other, that's why all planes are not exactly the same....

Anonymous

13 years ago

This is a very nice shot. Thank you for posting it. But I have to ask, besides the A-330/340, why does Airbus find it necessary to build such ugly aircraft? Maybe Airbus needs a design lesson from their French brethren at Dassault! And for those that argue that they military needs efficiency and not style, may I remind you of the SR-71? - Brett

Anonymous

13 years ago

Great shot, ugly or not hope it lives up to expectations. Yeah love the props.

Anonymous

13 years ago

As in general in mechanical engineering an optical beautifull design with proper dimensions stands for good performance and I am happy to see this on the A400M

Anonymous

13 years ago

Long awaited,would like more from different angles

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