Aeritalia C-27 J / G.222 Spartan

The Aeritalia G.222 twin-engine transport aircraft was designed in the late 1960s by the famous engineer Giuseppe Gabrielli, designer of fighter aircraft such as the G.55 and G.91.
It was designed to meet an Italian Air Force specification: to have a tactical transport aircraft smaller than the four-engine Lockheed C-130 Hercules, capable of taking off from very short and unprepared runways.
The two turboprop engines take the G.222 to 480 km/h and the aircraft is characterized by excellent maneuverability even when fully loaded.
Since 2005, it has been gradually replaced by its further development, the C-27J Spartan. The Alenia C-27J Spartan is the new comprehensively updated and improved version of the G.222 tactical transport aircraft.
The Spartan is equipped with two new and powerful Rolls-Royce AE2100-D2 turboprop engines, which can accelerate the aircraft to over 600km/h.
It can carry up to 68 soldiers or 46 fully equipped paratroopers or over 11 tons of material.
  The version delivered to the Italian Air Force also includes 2 head-up displays, a digital cockpit and advanced avionics systems that give the aircraft all-weather capabilities and in the most risky operational areas.
It has also been used in Afghanistan to support military and humanitarian operations.

Plastic model kit

• Super decal sheet for 5 versions

Scale 1:72

unbuilt / unpainted