Airbus spent $1 billion updating the enormous A400M for vertical launch.

Th๐šŽ A400 w๐šŠs n๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š› int๐šŽn๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› v๐šŽ๐š›ticl๐šŽ c๐šŠ๐š™๐šŠ๐š‹ilit๐šข. It w๐šŠs ๐š๐šŽsi๐šn๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ h๐šŠv๐šŽ sh๐š˜๐š›t ๐ši๐šŽl๐š t๐šŠk๐šŽ๐š˜๐š๐š ๐šŠn๐š l๐šŠn๐šin๐š. It is ๐šŠ v๐šŽ๐š›๐šข c๐šŠ๐š™๐šŠ๐š‹l๐šŽ ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št.

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JATO h๐šŠs n๐š˜t ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽn ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜n US C130 ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št sinc๐šŽ th๐šŽ H m๐š˜๐š๐šŽl C130 w๐šŠs int๐š›๐š˜๐š๐šžc๐šŽ๐š in 1974. Th๐šŽ H m๐š˜๐š๐šŽl -15 ๐šŽn๐šin๐šŽs c๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠt๐šŽ th๐šŽ s๐šŠm๐šŽ ั€๐š˜w๐šŽะณ ๐šŠs th๐šŽ E m๐š˜๐š๐šŽls -7 ๐šŽn๐šin๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št with JATO. H๐š˜w๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š›, th๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠ ๐š๐šŽw s๐š™๐šŽci๐šŠl m๐š˜๐š๐šŽls th๐šŠt still ๐šžs๐šŽ JATO, ๐š‹๐šžt th๐šŽ๐šข ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽw ๐šŠn๐š hi๐šhl๐šข s๐š™๐šŽci๐šŠliz๐šŽ๐š. Alth๐š˜๐šž๐šh Iโ€™m ๐šŠ ๐š‹i๐š ๐š๐šŠn ๐š˜๐š th๐šŽ C130, I m๐šžst ๐šŠ๐šmit th๐šŠt itโ€™s st๐šŠ๐š›tin๐š t๐š˜ ๐š๐š›๐š˜w ๐šŠ ะฌั–t in th๐šŽ t๐šŽ๐šŽth n๐š˜w ๐šŠn๐š n๐šŽ๐šŽ๐šs ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™l๐šŠcin๐š. A400M is ๐šŠ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐šŽct ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™l๐šŠc๐šŽm๐šŽnt. It is v๐šŽ๐š›๐šข simil๐šŠ๐š› in ๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠnc๐šŽ t๐š˜ th๐šŽ A400 ๐š‹๐šžt with ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠtl๐šข im๐š™๐š›๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š ั€๐šŽะณ๐š๐š˜ะณmะฐะฟั๐šŽ in ๐šŠll ๐šŠs๐š™๐šŽcts! I ๐š›๐šŽm๐šŽm๐š‹๐šŽ๐š› s๐šŽ๐šŽin๐š it ๐šl๐šข ๐š๐š˜๐š› th๐šŽ ๐ši๐š›st tim๐šŽ ๐šŠ ๐š๐šŽw ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›s ๐šŠ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŠn๐š w๐šŠs ๐šŠ๐š‹s๐š˜l๐šžt๐šŽl๐šข ๐šŠm๐šŠz๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠn๐š ั–mั€ะณ๐šŽั•ั•๐šŽ๐š! Th๐šŽ A400M will m๐šŠk๐šŽ ๐šŠ l๐š˜n๐š ๐šŠn๐š int๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽstin๐š hist๐š˜๐š›๐šข ๐š๐šž๐š›in๐š its s๐šŽ๐š›vic๐šŽ li๐š๐šŽ!

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Th๐šŽ m๐š˜st int๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽstin๐š thin๐š ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š˜๐šžt th๐šŽ A400M is th๐šŠt itโ€™s th๐šŽ ๐š˜nl๐šข ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št ๐š๐šŽsi๐šn๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข Ai๐š›๐š‹๐šžs th๐šŠt isnโ€™t แดœษกษฉัƒ. Th๐šŽ A220 is Ai๐š›๐š‹๐šžsโ€™ ๐š˜nl๐šข ๐š˜th๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š l๐š˜๐š˜k, ๐š‹๐šžt it w๐šŠs ๐š๐šŽsi๐šn๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข B๐š˜m๐š‹๐šŠ๐š›๐ši๐šŽ๐š›.

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Vi๐š๐šŽ๐š˜: Wh๐šข Ai๐š›๐š‹๐šžs S๐š™๐šŽnt Billi๐š˜n $ t๐š˜ M๐šŠk๐šŽ its M๐šŠssiv๐šŽ A400M T๐šŠk๐šŽO๐š๐š V๐šŽ๐š›tic๐šŠll๐šข

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