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Airbus??

airbus? I looked around online and found 1 Airbus A400M flying for German Military
but I also found an article from May about 6 C-13o Hercules aircraft sold to Germany for use in a German French JOINT military transport squadron
The aircraft pictured sure looks more like a Hercules than a 'Bus

I think the C-130 elevators are at the bottom, not the top, of the rudder.

Even from a head on view like here there are a lot of clues that this is an A400M and not a Lockheed C-130.
The C-130 has the horizontal tail at the bottom of the rudder, the wing is straight, not like the A400 which has anhedral wings. The main gear on the C-130 has single wheels inline, the A400 has dual wheels, the windshield windows are completely different and distinctive between the two.

Nice photo Michael.

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Yep - A400. The 130 has no anhedral in the wings. Guess Airbus couldn't figure out a design that could get rid of sideslip problems that might contribute to dutch roll.