Photo : Takeoff and landing from unprepared airfields for the Airbus A400M

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By Dylan Malyasov
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(c) Olivier BOUCHER.

Since Monday, September 7, and for three or four weeks, the A400M (EC-402; MSN002) Airbus conducts tests on the grass runway of the aerodrome Ecury-sur-Coole (Marne ), which is 1500 meters long and 150 meters wide.

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