German Airforce C160 Transall Goodbye Tour

Real World Aviation Spotting
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Today here in Germany the German Airforce did the first part of the Goodbye Transall Tour they visited several Airport in the Northern of Germany at some Airports they had formation flights With Eurofighters, NH90 or the lockheed Orion P8 the whol flight an other Transall flew with this special paintet Transall to take pictures of the several foramtions.

In general the visited 12 Airports most of them Military. I traveld over 1hr to the Military Airport Diepholz ETND to get some pictures. below there are 3 of them.

C160 Transall 50+40 :

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C160 Transall 50+66 :

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The C160 was used from 1968 till 2021. It was used in several places those all are represented in this special Livery named Goodbye Transall.

they will be replaced by the C130 wich are used in cooperation with France

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German Airforce C160 Transall Goodbye Tour Part 2
C160 Transall Night Shot
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#3

That’s a beautiful airplane! Sad to see it go.😢

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#4

Yeah its sad but also verry nice that they planed an last Tour so everyone can say goodbye to it

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#5

Yeah! Those are some beautiful pictures you got of it to preserve its memory.

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#6

And with the next part in several week i will be there again at an nother Airport to save the Memories in pictures

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#7

That will fun!

#8

Yeah specialy because they start at my Home Airport the second part of the Tour

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#9

No one gonna mention the fact they put “1968-2021” under the wings?

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#10

First one who saw it 👍

#11

Wow 😍
Great pictures AGAIN!

Im always in love from the pictures you make!

Calu

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#12

Very nice to see some pictures of the Transall Goodbye Tour! The special livery is looking fantastic in my opinion and you captured it very well :) Thanks for sharing!

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#13

Nice pics bro looked like fun! Farewell C160 😥

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#14

Oh i didnt see that 😳
Looks cool but also sad : (

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#15

Thanks, yeah it was very fun there i’m already hyped for the second Part

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#16

Never in my life have I seen it this plane. All I can say is beautiful.

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#17

You never saw an C160 ?

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#18

Why ? : (
Come to germany you can spot them easily if you really want 😄

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I use to live in Germany haha Zweibrucken and Rammstein. My Dad currently lives in Kreis Birkenfeld

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#20

Ramstein? There is a air force base. If you can and want, go there and you’ll see many military Aircrafts.

Grüße! 😉