Transall C-160

what is it?

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. The C-160 was developed during the late 1950s and 1960s with the initial goal of fulfilling the requirements for a modern transport aircraft for both the French and German Air Forces.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 40 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 513 km/htop speed
• range 1,853 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 93passengers
• size 51 tmax take-off weight
• built 214made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 63 years ago, in 1963.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 40 m: about 9 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 1,853 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1963-02-25

introduced

1967

retired

1997

status

retired

number built

214

role

military transport aircraft

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke, Nord Aviation, Hamburger Flugzeugbau

engines

2× Rolls-Royce RTy.20 Tyne Mk 22

crew

3

passengers

93

length

32.4 m

wingspan

40 m

height

11.7 m

max take-off weight

51 t

top speed

513 km/h

range

1,853 km

ceiling

8,230 m

wings

shoulder wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.