Farewell, C-160 Transall!

Technically, the title of this video should read "Farewell, Transall C-160!", because Transall is the name of the manufacturing consortium behind the C-160 and stands for "TRANSporter ALLianz". This conglomerate of French and German companies designed the aircraft in the 1960s but didn't go on creating any other planes, so the name became a synonym for the C-160, making it the C-160 Transall to most people.
Although continuously updated, the C-160 cannot meet all the requirements of a 21st century army, so in Germany as well as in other countries and despite all its teething problems, the Airbus A400M "Atlas" is going to succeed the Transall. That's why, after more than 50 years in service(!), the Transall-era in the Bundeswehr, the German army, is going to end by the end this year (2021) and that in turn is why I'm publishing this video. See the good old Transall play a key part in a military exercise, presented by the Bundeswehr at the ILA Berlin Air Show in 2018!
Recorded on 2018-04-28
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► 2018: tinyurl.com/ych486gs

[@LEJapproach]

ℹ In the last part of the video, there has been music, which the microphones of my camera picked up on site, but due to a claim from the copyright owner of this music, I had to mute this part of the video in order to not get the whole video blocked. In the meantime, this copyright claim seems to have been withdrawn, but it doesn't seem possible to make the audio in question available again and neither is it possible to re-upload a video, so, sadly, at least for the time being, I cannot change anything about the situation.

[@CharlieGolfAviation]

Excellent video! A great tribute to this aircraft

[@LEJapproach]

Thanks a lot! I wish I could have left the music in the end (T.N.T. by AC/DC) in it, but still, I'm glad I had this video material in my archive, so I was able to compile a tribute to the Transall, which to me is a classic case of an _unsung hero_ .

[@donjose4656]

Toujours robuste ce vieux Transall...! Voilà un bel exemple de coopération Franco-Allemande. On lui souhaite une bonne retraite...! ! ! !

[@LEJapproach]

Vrais mots!

[@susannetilsner7063]

Bin 2018 mitgeflogen!🥰!

[@LEJapproach]

Waaas? Jetzt bin ich neidisch! 😂

[@susannetilsner7063]

@@LEJapproach Übung "Schneller Adler 2018" in der Altmark. 2022 war ich an Bord einer A400M, diesmal auf Rügen.😄

[@LEJapproach]

@@susannetilsner7063 Skandal! Und was ist mit mir???🤣🤣🤣 Na ja, dafür bin ich mal mit einem UH-1 (auch bekannt als _Bundesteppichklopfer_ 🤭) geflogen.

[@susannetilsner7063]

@@LEJapproach siehste, das durfte ich nie. Die hätte ich gerne selbst geflogen. Wenn ich als Kind den Teppichklopfer hörte, hing ich entweder am Fenster oder bin nach draußen gelaufen.