RAF celebrates 10 years of 'dream to fly' A400M Atlas

[@samismith5476]

A decade already? Wow I feel old

[@sirwinski625]

Saw one of these doing low fly bys over the cornish coast today, gotta say they're definitely a sight to behold

[@OldManGaming69]

Hardest working aircraft? Really? I remember being on the C130Js and we used to take on a fair majority of the A400M tasking because they are always U/S.

[@Marchy22]

they've come a long way since then tho, we're having alot less issues with u/s aircraft now

[@1chish]

Well facts say different. A detailed report over 5 months gave the following: A400M C-130J Availability rate 65-70% Below 60% Number of aircraft available 13-14 Fewer than 8 Confirmed by 'Airforce Technology': "The UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF) C-130J tactical transport aircraft have had a lower availability than their C-17 and A400M counterparts in 14 out of the past 19 months, beginning 1 March 2021 to 1 September 2022, including five months where the fleet availability rate dropped below 60%"

[@gholfin2124]

@@1chishhow many actual airframes were available against total fleet numbers. I would assume that the J was being wound down, so was probably intended to have low availability rate. Better to compare a previous year, say 2019 for comparison

[@GaryJohnWalker1]

How's reliability? Weren't there development issues with the gearbox in part due to how components/assemblies were split between the consortium partner countries/companies?

[@johnallen7807]

"dream to fly"??? not from some of the comments I've read online and, as far as I know, it still cannot meet all the SF requirements that the C130J could (you know the one you scrapped with 12 years of service life left).

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Flying characteristics and ease to operate are different things to capability. Being an airbus aircraft with a lot of automation, the thing is pretty care-free to operate.

[@alanmcmillan6969]

A Great plane. And capable for snything.

[@LittleBigChina]

you can fit a chinook in an A400?!

[@traceyking2584]

🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

[@munkfish101]

Why do captains site on the later? Always thought most people are right handed so be a nightmare flying stick with your left hand lol

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Captain and co-pilot sit on the left and right respectively, but share the flying between them as Pilot Flying and Pilot Monitoring, so the stick location is just something they have to learn to deal with.

[@miketaylor1916]

It’s a bit of a paper weight from what i hear…

[@1chish]

You need your hearing tested. Or better still stop throwing shady innuendos.

[@AydenNicholele]

I showed this video to my friend and now her boyfriend wants to try it too. Waiting for the report👅

[@DanikaRebeccaca]

After this video, my boyfriend is convinced we can make our own show. I hope it's funny🧡