I spotted a French Air Force [Armee de l'Air] CASA CN-235 at Wellington today. I'm not sure when it arrived, but I did see it leave this morning. This is the second time that I spotted one of these departing Wellington. The first time was a year or so ago, when I mistook it for a Transall C-160 [the two aircraft are fairly similar at first glance].
While it is somewhat smaller then a C130 Hercules [including of 2 engines!], it has a similar configuration to the C130 with a high wing, "mid" tail and a rear loading ramp.
The first picture is of it parking on the RNZAF Air Movements apron at Wellington, the second taxiing and the third, airborne off runway 34.
2 comments:
Looks kind of like the C-27J Spartan.
Yeah it does a bit. Also very close to the Transall C-160. I've checked this one however :-) If you look at the tail of the aircraft in the second picture, you'll see the "CN-235"
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