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Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 21:14
by Garry Russell
Not very distinctive, but there again it is just a tool :dunno:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air ... b457161514

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 21:24
by DaveB
It's kinda cool in it's own distinctive way. I hope it works well for them ;)

ATB
DaveB B)smk

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 21:30
by Garry Russell
Well, This is the future and it is European, so good luck to them :)

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 22:21
by J0hn
'Atlas'? I thought it was called 'Grizzly', which I think suits it more.

Is Atlas just the RAF name for it?

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafbrizenorton/eq ... matlas.cfm

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 22:35
by Paul K
I believe Atlas is the official Airbus name for it. I must say, I am warming to it - I thought it was an ugly bugger at first, but its growing on me.

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 23:20
by thomasburnside
Nice I love it.

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 23:40
by dodger
I think we will have a winner in this aircraft,

I did enjoy seeing this aircraft take it's first flight, it's bigger than it looks in photo's of it.

Thanks for posting,

Roger.

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 01:28
by Kevin Farnell
Interesting to see that the outer prop is stopped and feathered (both sides, if you look closely at the other under the aircraft).

Kevin

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 02:54
by airboatr

Re: Royal Air Force A.400M Atlas

Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 03:26
by Airspeed
Two small questions:

Two colour roundels in peacetime? Hardly think a small white circle would undo the low-vis scheme. Maybe this is another RAF change that I haven't kept up with.

Why are the crew's lunch boxes spread all over the wing tops in Joe's link? Is it something technical to do with the expanse of the wing, and lots of little deflectors are better than one big flap?