Alsace T-200 Galaxy

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T-200 Galaxy
A Quebecshirite Air Force T-200 in flight
Role	Strategic airlifter
National origin	Quebecshire
Manufacturer	Alsace Corporation Alsace Marrone
First flight	2 July 1968 (1968-07-02)
Introduction	June 1970
Status	In service
Primary user	Quebecshirite Air Force
Produced	T-200A: 1968–1973 T-200B: 1985–1989
Number built	131
Unit cost	T-200A: CQS₵214.29 million (2016) T-200B: CQS₵249.75 million (2016)

The Alsace T-200 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Alsace Corporation, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Alsace Marrone. It provides the Quebecshirite Air Force with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo.

Specifications

Drawing lines

A detail of the T-200's nose assembly raised for loading and unloading.

Unloading one of two helicopters from a T-200M Super Galaxy

General characteristics

• Crew:
  
  • 7 typical (Aircraft Commander, First Pilot, 2 Flight Engineers, 3 Loadmasters);
  • 4 minimum (pilot, copilot, two flight engineers)
  • 8 when augmented (Aircraft Commander, 2 First Pilots, 2 Flight Engineers, 3 Loadmasters)
• Capacity:
  
  • 36 master pallets
• Length: 247 ft 1 in (75.31 m)
• Wingspan: 222 ft 9 in (67.89 m)
• Height: 65 ft 1 in (19.84 m)
• Wing area: 6,200 sq ft (580 m²)
• Airfoil: '
• Empty weight: 380,000 lb (172,365 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 840,000 lb (381,018 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 341,446 lb (154,880 kg); 51,150 US gal (42,590 imp gal; 193,600 L)
• Powerplant: 4 × F138-100 turbofan engines, 51,000 lbf (230 kN) thrust each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 462 kn (532 mph, 856 km/h)
• Maximum speed: Mach 0.79
• Cruise speed: 450 kn (520 mph, 830 km/h) / Mach 0.77
• Range: 4,800 nmi (5,500 mi, 8,900 km) with a 120,000 lb (54,431 kg) payload, 2,300 nmi (4,260 km; 2,647 mi) at maximum cargo capacity
• Ferry range: 7,000 nmi (8,100 mi, 13,000 km) with no cargo on board.
• Service ceiling: 41,000 ft (12,000 m) at 750,000 lb (340,194 kg)
• Rate of climb: 2,100 ft/min (11 m/s)
• Thrust/weight: 0.26
  
• Take-off run: 5,400 ft (1,646 m)
• Landing run: 3,600 ft (1,097 m)