Italeri 1450 - 1/72 C-27J Spartan /G.222  [IT-1450S]

The Aeritalia G-222 twin-engine transport aircraft finished up being developed in the late 1960s by the famous ing. Giuseppe Gabrielli, fighter designer particularly G.55 and G. 91 and has been around since for a specific need of Italian Air Force: to possess a tactical transportation aircraft, smaller than the four-engine Lockheed C-130 Hercules, able to eliminate and landing from extremely brief and unprepared runways. Both turboprop machines can make the G-222 reach 480 km/h and aircraft is characterized by exceptional maneuverability even when fully packed. Since 2005 it's been progressively changed by its development, the C-27J Spartan. The Alenia C-27J Spartan could be the amazing extensively updated and enhanced type of the G 222 tactical transportation aircraft. The Spartan has two brand-new and effective Rolls-Royce AE2100-D2 turboprop products with the capacity of bringing the aircraft current. of over 600 km / h. It may take with you 68 soldiers or 46 completely prepared paratroopers, or more 11 tons of materials. The variation provided towards the Italian Air Force also contains 2 mind Up Displays, electronic cockpit and higher-level avionics systems offering the aircraft all-weather abilities plus in a lot of high-risk functional areas. It has also been within Afghanistan to support army and humanitarian operations.