Luftwaffe-Collection

Sikorsky CH-53

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A transport and rescue helicopter, CH-53G was built under licence by VFW for a German army order of 135 examples.

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Performance: maximum speed 310 km/h (196 mph)

Weights: empty 15071 kg (33,226 lb) maximum take-off 33339 kg (73,500 lb)

Accommodation: cargo payload 13608 kg (30,000 lb) internally or 1415 kg (32000 lb) externally, with seating for 55 troops

Designer: Graham Waterfield

Textures: Graham Waterfield

Flight Dynamics: Graham Waterfield

Panel: Graham Waterfield / Alex Bashkatov

Sounds: Mike Hambly

Date: April 1999