A400M Will Fly VC10 Trials From Toulouse

By Max Kingsley-Jones kingsley.jones@aviationweek.com
LONDON

Airbus Military has clarified its plans for the A400M’s first dry contact refueling flight-tests, which are due to take place before the end of the year.

The trials will be undertaken with a U.K. Royal Air Force Vickers VC10 tanker, but it will not be operated from the RAF Brize Norton airbase in the U.K., as Airbus previously indicated. The RAF will instead position the aircraft at ...

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