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Posts by jvs

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Cypress, Iraq, Kuwait, U.A.E., Saudi-Arabia, Afghanistan,

Plus biffing up Australia in case of an Indonesian onslaught.

The A400M is a top-notch performer on landing, survivability & speed:

The Jet engines of the C17 may draw in to them:

stones in the desert,

Flora & Fauna in Africa

and SAM in the front angle.

Not so Turboprops.

For a Very-Wide-body straight-wings turboprop configuration,

the A400M holds a cruise-speed record of 780kmh, much better than the C130J,

slightly above the 770kmh of the Narrow-body, swept-wing

though 40% heavier and 30% more powerful Tu-114m

which is equipped with very-noisy contra-rotating propellers(for each engine).

6% under the C17 (Jet) @ 830kmh

15% under the slender-slim Tu-95 turboprop bomber @ 920kmh

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