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

The Aeritalia G-222 twin-engine transport aircraft wound up being designed in the late 1960s by the famous ing. Giuseppe Gabrielli, fighter designer particularly G.55 and G. 91 and came into existence for a certain need of Italian Air Force: to possess a tactical transport aircraft, smaller than the four-engine Lockheed C-130 Hercules, in a position to remove and landing from very brief and unprepared runways. The two turboprop machines can make the G-222 reach 480 km/h and aircraft is characterized by excellent maneuverability even when fully loaded. Since 2005 this has been progressively replaced by its development, the C-27J Spartan. The Alenia C-27J Spartan may 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 devices with the capacity of bringing the aircraft up to date. of over 600 km / h. It may take with you 68 soldiers or 46 fully equipped paratroopers, or maybe more 11 tons of materials. The variation provided towards the Italian Air Force also includes 2 Head Up Displays, electronic cockpit and higher-level avionics systems offering the aircraft all-weather abilities as well as in many high-risk functional areas. It has in addition been found in Afghanistan to support military and humanitarian operations.