Transall C-160

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The Transall C-160 (often C.160) is a military transport aircraft developed by a consortium of French and German aircraft manufacturers for the air forces of those two nations and that of South Africa. The C-160 will be replaced in French and German service by the Airbus A400M, now under development. The C-160 was originally conceived as a replacement for the French Air Force's Nord Noratlas fleet. It is turboprop-powered and of conventional conf... more
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Maiden flight:

  • Feb 25, 1963

Introduced:

  • 1967

Aircraft type:

Wingspan:

  • 40.005 m (131.25 ft )

Length:

  • 32.4104 m (106.333 ft )

Maximum Speed:

  • 513 km/h (319 mph )

Aircraft

Manufacturer

Transport Allianz

Transall (Transport Allianz) was formed in 1959 to design and build the Transall C-160 military transport aircraft. Transall was a joint venture between Nord Aviation of France, and Weser Flugzeugbau (WFB) and Hamburger Flugzeugbau (HFB) of Germany. Later production was by Aérospatiale, Vereinigte...
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