Goodbye Transall | C-160 50+40 German Air Force LTG 63 | Munster Osnabruck

Dear friends, the Transall C-160 transport aircraft will bid farewell to its fans in Germany with a goodbye tour. The aircraft, which have been flying in the German Air Force for a 53 years, will be retired at the end of the year and their tasks will be taken over by the A400M and, in the future, the C-130J Hercules. The last remaining Transall unit, Lufttransportgeschwader 63 in Hohn near Rendsburg, will be disbanded. The squadron will conduct the farewell tour with the specially painted aircraft - the "Retrobrummel" with the registration 50+40, to give the numerous supporters of the Transall the opportunity to say goodbye to the aircraft. TRANSALL C-160: The Transall C-160 is a military transport aircraft, produced in a joint venture between France and Germany. "Transall" is an abbreviation of the manufacturing consortium "Transporter Allianz", comprising the companies of MBB, Aerospatiale, VFW-Fokker. Initially developed to meet the requirements for a transport aircraft for the...