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Transall C-160
Transall (MBB · Medium Tactical Transport / Tactical Airlift · France · Early Jet (1946–1969)
The Transall C-160 is a military transport aircraft, produced as a joint venture between France and Germany. "Transall" is a German abbreviation of the manufacturing consortium Transporter Allianz, comprising the companies of MBB, Aérospatiale, and VFW-Fokker.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Transport
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Early Jet (1946–1969)
- Country
- France
- Manufacturer
- Transall (MBB
- Co-Manufacturer
- Nord Aviation / VFW-Fokker)
- Operator
- France (retired 2023) / Germany (partially retired) / Turkey
- Primary Role
- Medium Tactical Transport / Tactical Airlift
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1967
- Produced
- 214
- Propulsion
- Turboprop
- Engine
- 2x Rolls-Royce Tyne RTy.20 Mk 22 turboprop
- Thrust / Power
- 6,100 shp each
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 106.3
- Wingspan (ft)
- 131.2
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 63935
- MTOW (lb)
- 112435
- Payload (lb)
- 35275
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 27000
- Range (mi)
- 1151
- Max Speed (mph)
- 333
- Max Speed (Mach)
- 0.44