by erik » Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:53 pm
The last couple of days an Airbus A-400 did tests on my local airport (which will finally officially be reopened march 30th!) to see if a particular type of runway surface could drain water fast enough for the most severest of circumstances. This leads to some spectacular footage:
Twente Airport is one of a very few airports that allows these kinds of tests.
Erik
Current: Parachutist, Paraglider, Pterosaur, Pilatus PC-9M and variants, ERCO Ercoupe, Fokker Dr.1, Fokker 50, Fokker 100
Less active: Cessna T-37, T-38, Santa Claus. Previous: General Dynamics F-16. Worked on: Wright Flyer