Transall C-160

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Make: Transall
Aircraft Model: C-160
Aircraft Nickname: Anybody know?
Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Airplane ME Turboprop
Category: Airplane
Class: Multi Engine Land
Engine Description: Twin Engine

First Flown Information
Sequence First Flown:
Date First Flown: 06/29/1989
Location First Flown: Manching
Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: German Flight Test Center, Manching

Aircraft Experience
As of: 06/06/2020
Number of Hours Flown: 1
Number of Times Flown: 1
Other Aircraft Models Associated:

Recollections: This flight was conducted as a Qualitative Evaluation (QE) during a USNTPS Staff Field trip which went to the UK (Empire Test Pilot School), Germany (German Flight Test Center in Manching), Switzerland (Swiss Test Center in Stans and Emmen), and France (French Test Pilot School–EPNER). During this trip–designed to foster international working relationships between Test Pilot schools, test pilots and flight test centers–I flew 5 new (to me) aircraft in the course of a week, including gliders, fast jets and turbroprops.

Unfortunately, my notes and memories of this flight in the C-160 Transall are sparse. I do recall that the airplane was solid and–as a P-3 guy–I felt at home. Next stop: Switzerland.