A400M Extremely High Bank Angle Turn
I am admittedly biased to American manufacturers when it comes to military aircraft, but when I saw this picture on the Airbus website I had to share it. This image comes from a demonstration flight that the A400M did at the Paris Airshow from one of their press releases. That kind of banking is just downright ridiculous in a cargo aircraft. As a C-130 navigator I spend most of my time standing which would clearly not be possible in such a maneuver.
This is some serious bank angle for any cargo aircraft.
© Airbus S.AS 2013
Photo by S. Ramadier
You forget that this picture was taken at the Paris Airshow, where more “accidents” have occurred involving military “demo” pilots. Surely there was not a bit of cargo on board to shift during flight.
I don’t care where it was, it still looks cool. Hopefully they were being safe and operating within parameters but they wouldn’t be the first people being stupid at an air show.