Ha már ugye RAF és Atlas ez a cikk 2018 januárban született és az RAF
Ruman műveletében résztvevő Atlas szerepvállalásáról és a vele való tapasztalatokról szól.Van benne egy kis összehasonlítás a C-130-l kapcsolatban is,szerintem érdemes elolvasni,ez alapján mindenki eldöntheti,hogy mennyi az alapja a gépek használhatatlanságáról szóló híreknek,mennyire "the dog" a gép az üzemeltetők szerint
,szerintem ennél hitelesebb forrás nem kell,hiszen éles körülmények között maguk a gépet használók mondják el a tapasztalataikat.Annyit még hozzá tennék,hogy a cikk születése óta az A400 képességei folyamatosan bővültek.
https://www.aerosociety.com/news/atlas-shoulders-the-load/
Hoho, itt igen komolyan dicserik, pedig csak 2018-at irtak...
“The OC of the RAF A400M’s front-line operational unit, 70 (LXX) Sqn, Wg Cdr Ed Horne said: “It's worth stressing that the Atlas force of 70 Sqn and 24 Sqn, and our engineering colleagues, are still in growth and still a relatively immature organisation. It's not something that we held a standby commitment for, or anything like that. So to get two aircraft out the door in such a short timeframe, for over 4,000 miles away, really playing to the aircraft's strengths in terms of its reach and its range, was a fantastic achievement.” - az egyseguk eleg uj, meg alakuloban van, ehhez kepest ket repulot is azonnal kepesek voltak 4000 merfoldre elkuldeni, ami fantasztikus es egyertelmuen a gep erosseget, kepessegeit dicseri.
Echoing this view, was 24Sqn’s OC, Wg Cdr Burdett: “The A400M was remarkable in what it could do, It could take three times as much as a C-130 into a tight, small strip without taking any military risk in its performance. Whereas C-130 was taking in five tonnes, the A400 would be taking in 15.” Az A400M komoly benyomast keltett: haromszor annyit vitt el, mint a C-130, egy apro leszallocsikon, a mindenfele, a teljesitmenyet erinto katonai kockazat nelkul.
"In around a month of operations, the two A400Ms and C-130J delivered approximately 1,5,00 tonnes of aid, the vast majority of that delivered by the Atlas – thanks to its increased airlift capacity over the Hercules. Mixed loads were common, said Wg Cdr Horne: “We had food, water, building materials, shelter kits, DFID aid type-stuff, in among JCBs playing to the volume sizes of the aircraft as well as its lift capacity, and then 54 passengers as well in the side seats.” - Nagyjabol egy honap alatt a ket Atlas es egy C-130J kb 1500 tonna segelyt szortak ki, aminek nagyreszet az Atlas vitte - koszonhetoen a Herculesenel nagyobb szallitasi kapacitasanak.
"If I talk about Beef Island Airport in the British Virgin Islands, the runway length, it's concrete of course, but about 4,000ft long, and we were able to transport in the order of 20 tonnes, compared to the C-130’s seven or eight tonnes. We love the C-130, but you can't help but draw comparisons.” He added: “I would stress there is that we didn't have to employ any sort of special take-off or landing techniques. Everything was done to the standard that all the crews are trained to, using the same sort of tactics and techniques that we would use here at Brize Norton.” - A Brithis Virgin szigetek egyik betonozott, de mindossze 4000 lab hosszu leszallojan is 20 tonnakkal voltak kepesek fordulni [az Atlasszal], ezt a C-130 [ugyanott] 7-8 tonnajahoz viszonyitva... szeretjuk a C-130-at, de lehetetlen nem osszehasonlitani oket. Hozzatette, semmilyen specialis felszallasi trukkot nem kellett alkalmazniuk, minden standard, a konyv szerint ment, amire a szemelyzet kepezve van, ugyanugy, ahogy otthon is csinaljak.
The range of the A400M also proved its worth in Operation Ruman, allowing the aircraft to deliver aid without needing to find somewhere to refuel at the delivery end." - Az Atlas hatotavolsaga bizonyitott Op. Riuman alatt is, kepesek voltak kirakni a segelyt anelkul, hogy helyben tankolasi lehetoseget kellett volna keresgelniuk.
"Says Horne: “if you could imagine that most of these places have been smashed up by a hurricane and therefore not only were there limited communications available, but there were also limited services available like the ability to refuel aircraft. If I take the Turks and Caicos Islands as an example, that's about 1,000 miles from Barbados. So to go 1,000 miles there and 1,000 miles back might be beyond the fuel range of other transport aircraft. The A400M wouldn't have any issue in going there and back without having to refuel.” - Elkepzelheted, hogy miutan ezeket a helyeket szetzuzta egy hurrikan, nemhogy a kommunikacio nemigen ment, de keves lehetoseg volt egy repulogep megtankolasara. H apeldaul Turk & Caicos szigetet veszem, az kb 1000 merfold Barbadostol, igy 1000 merfold oda, majd 1000 merfold vissza, ez tankolas nelkul a legtobb szallitogepnek mar nem fer bele a hatotavolsagaba. Az A400M minden problema nelkul megfordult tankolas nelkul.
Jo hosszu cikk, csak az elejerol emeltem ki par dolgot, ami maris mutatja, hogy nem veletlenul ezzel valtjak az eloregedo Herculeseiket es baromi elegedettek vele a britek, szo nincs semmifele kutyazasrol, amirol Rudi kamuzott korabban.
