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

The Aeritalia G-222 twin-engine transportation aircraft ended up being designed in the late 1960s by the famous ing. Giuseppe Gabrielli, fighter designer particularly G.55 and G. 91 and came to be for a specific need of the Italian Air Force: to possess a tactical transport aircraft, smaller than the four-engine Lockheed C-130 Hercules, able to take off and landing from extremely brief and unprepared runways. The two turboprop machines are able to make the G-222 reach 480 km/h and aircraft is characterized by exemplary maneuverability even when fully loaded. Since 2005 it's been progressively replaced by its development, the C-27J Spartan. The Alenia C-27J Spartan is the brand new extensively updated and improved form of the G 222 tactical transport aircraft. The Spartan is equipped with two brand new and effective Rolls-Royce AE2100-D2 turboprop machines capable of bringing the aircraft up to speed. of over 600 km / h. It can carry around 68 soldiers or 46 fully equipped paratroopers, or higher 11 tons of materials. The variation supplied towards the Italian Air Force also contains 2 Head Up Displays, digital cockpit and higher level avionics systems that provide the aircraft all-weather capabilities and in many risky operational areas. It has also been used in Afghanistan to support military and humanitarian operations.