Airbus A400M military transport aircraft.
An Airbus A400M from Airbus itself landed again after performing a demonstration flight.
The Airbus A400M is a military transport aircraft developed by Airbus Military. The first prototype rolled out of the hangar on June 26, 2008. The first test flight was conducted on December 11, 2009.
The aircraft was developed by Airbus alongside the Airbus A330 MRTT tanker aircraft and is equipped with turboprop engines. It can land and take off on both paved and unpaved runways.
This photo was taken on July 10, 2016 during the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…