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Originally Posted by smurf
A400M Atlas is a new cargo plane from Europe. In production from 2013, the price tag may be a bit high. But it does have a shorter take off than a Hercules, 980m as opposed to 1090m.
It's a bit of a beast.
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After 1995, Kessler's people would worry a lot more about modern, cutting-edge technology failing around magicians and supernatural phenomena. After that, they'd be more likely to buy WWII vintage equipment than late TL8 new aircraft.
Also, the price is literally high enough so that you could buy
dozens of Il-76TD aircraft instead. Not that there will be dozens of planes in use, more like twelve in all. I'm thinking one or two long-range transports, a couple of do-everything transports, 2-3 medium amphibious transports and at most six short-range amphibious aircraft. Total budget for acquiring them less than fifty million dollars, which is maybe a third to a quarter of what
one Airbus A400M Atlas would go for.
And the Il-76 is
still better at STOL, requiring only 450 meters of runway.