• Role: Transport aircraft
• National origin: France/Germany
• Manufacturer: Transall*
• First flight: 25 February 1963
• Introduction: 1967
• Status: In service
• Produced: 1965–1985
• Number built: 214

* Transall being an abbreviation of the specially formed consortium Transporter Allianz, comprising the companies of MBB, Aerospatiale and VFW-Fokker.

Military operators

• German Air Force
• French Air Force (one Transall C-160 is support aircraft of the Patrouille de France)
• Turkish Air Force
• South African Air Force retired

Specifications (C-160)

General characteristics

• Crew: Three—two pilots, flight engineer
• Capacity:
  • 93 troops or
  • 61–88 paratroops or
  • 62 stretchers
• Payload: 16,000 kg (35,275 lb)
• Length: 32.40 m (106 ft 3½ in)
• Wingspan: 40.00 m (131 ft 3 in)
• Height: 11.65 m (38 ft 2¾ in)
• Wing area: 160.0 m² (1,722 ft²)
• Empty weight: 29,000 kg (63,935 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 51,000 kg (112,435 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne Rty.20 Mk 22 turboprop, 4,549 kW (6,100 ehp) each

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 593 km/h (320 knots, 368 mph)
• Maximum speed: 513 km/h (277 knots, 319 mph) at 4,875 m (16,000 ft)
• Stall speed: 177 km/h (95 knots, 110 mph) flaps down
• Range: 1,853 km (1,000 nmi, 1,151 mi) with 16,000 kg payload, 30 min reserves
• Ferry range: 8,858 km (4,780 nmi, 5,504 mi)
• Service ceiling: 8,230 m (27,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 6.6 m/s (1,300 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 319 kg/m² (65.3 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 0.18 kW/kg (0.11 hp/lb)