The German air force's first Airbus A400M Atlas tactical transport has made its flight debut, ahead of the platform's expected delivery in November. Aircraft MSN18 took off from Airbus Defence & Space's facility in Seville, Spain on 14 October, landing some 4h 58min later, the airframer says. The European programme's lead German aircraft had only emerged in its operator's markings on 10 October, before making its first of a series of taxi trials two days before being flown.
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