bromy Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 After years of delays the A400M finally flew this morning, this will probably secure our facility for many years now. We have had a fair few lay offs this year and in general the aerospace industry has been very quiet so congratulations Airbus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Nice! Though she does have a massive Veilside Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 My ex-company made parts for that, great sight seeing it fly, I got laid off in August so too late for me Tough time for the industry with tougher to come, good luck for the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Nice Don't know what it is about big planes, but you can keep your fighter jets, I think seeing big load carriers is far more impressive . I saw the A380 do a display at Farnborough a couple of years ago, seeing it fly just above stall point was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 were was take off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromy Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 My ex-company made parts for that, great sight seeing it fly, I got laid off in August so too late for me Tough time for the industry with tougher to come, good luck for the future Times are tough at the minute, we do both civilian and military so it is quite a good mix. I think with this as well as the JSF program we should be ok, also there is the A350 coming through soon. I recall you saying some time ago about you making ducting for the A400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromy Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 were was take off Seville, that's where final assembly is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Nice Don't know what it is about big planes, but you can keep your fighter jets, I think seeing big load carriers is far more impressive . I saw the A380 do a display at Farnborough a couple of years ago, seeing it fly just above stall point was awesome. I was there too, i love the A380 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Blyth Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Spent all morning watching this on the company TVs, pretty awesome to watch its first flight ever live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I dont know much about large aircraft, but i was expecting jet engines and not prop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromy Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 Spent all morning watching this on the company TVs, pretty awesome to watch its first flight ever live. Do you work in the industry? Filton by any chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Seville, that's where final assembly is. My friend has just moved out there for a year or two. He used to work at Filton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathmonkey Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 It's no VC-10! Look forward to it coming into service. Might get to work on it, who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Blyth Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Do you work in the industry? Filton by any chance Yep, but not on A400M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich8v Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I dont know much about large aircraft, but i was expecting jet engines and not prop. Its to do with being able to land on un-prepared runways out in the field. A jet engine sucking in dust and rocks etc wont be good for reliability. I'm no designer though, i just build planes. Did some work on the wings in filton for 9 weeks. I worked on MSN003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bromy Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 We manufacture the engine nacelle brackets (pylons) and AAR brackets, we also do crown fittings for the wings of various Airbus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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