CASA C-295
E30218
The CASA C-295 is a twin-turboprop tactical military transport aircraft widely used for troop and cargo transport, medical evacuation, and maritime patrol missions.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CASA C-295 canonical | 6 |
| C-295 | 4 |
| Airbus C-295 | 3 |
| C-295 family | 2 |
| C-295M | 2 |
| CASA C-295M | 2 |
| Airbus C295 | 1 |
| Airbus C295 MPA | 1 |
| C-295 AEW&C | 1 |
| C-295 Firefighter | 1 |
| C-295MPA | 1 |
| C-295W | 1 |
| CN-235 family | 1 |
| EADS CASA C-295 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T224589 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CASA C-295 Context triple: [Polish Air Force, aircraft, CASA C-295]
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A.
Pilatus PC-21
The Pilatus PC-21 is a Swiss-made, next-generation turboprop military trainer aircraft designed to provide jet-like performance and advanced training capabilities for fighter pilots.
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B.
CH-148 Cyclone
The CH-148 Cyclone is a Canadian maritime helicopter designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and shipborne operations.
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C.
Airbus A400M Atlas
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for tactical and strategic airlift, including heavy cargo and troop transport, aerial refueling, and medical evacuation.
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D.
Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix
The Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix is a French multi-role tanker and transport aircraft derived from the Airbus A330 airliner, used for aerial refueling, strategic transport, and medical evacuation missions.
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E.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft renowned worldwide for its versatility in tactical airlift, humanitarian missions, and special operations since the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CASA C-295 Target entity description: The CASA C-295 is a twin-turboprop tactical military transport aircraft widely used for troop and cargo transport, medical evacuation, and maritime patrol missions.
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A.
Pilatus PC-21
The Pilatus PC-21 is a Swiss-made, next-generation turboprop military trainer aircraft designed to provide jet-like performance and advanced training capabilities for fighter pilots.
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B.
CH-148 Cyclone
The CH-148 Cyclone is a Canadian maritime helicopter designed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and shipborne operations.
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C.
Airbus A400M Atlas
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed for tactical and strategic airlift, including heavy cargo and troop transport, aerial refueling, and medical evacuation.
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D.
Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix
The Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix is a French multi-role tanker and transport aircraft derived from the Airbus A330 airliner, used for aerial refueling, strategic transport, and medical evacuation missions.
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E.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four‑engine turboprop military transport aircraft renowned worldwide for its versatility in tactical airlift, humanitarian missions, and special operations since the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military transport aircraft
ⓘ
tactical transport aircraft ⓘ twin-turboprop aircraft ⓘ |
| additionalCrew | loadmaster ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ |
| avionicsSupplier |
Airbus
ⓘ
surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
|
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 480 km/h ⓘ |
| designFeature |
fly-by-wire not used
ⓘ
glass cockpit ⓘ |
| engineModel |
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127G
ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1997-11-28 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
CASA C-295
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
C-295 AEW&C
CASA C-295 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
C-295 Firefighter
CASA C-295 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
C-295M
CASA C-295 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
C-295MPA
CASA C-295 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
C-295W
|
| introduced | 2001 ⓘ |
| landingCapability |
short takeoff and landing
ⓘ
unprepared airstrips ⓘ |
| loadingFeature | rear ramp ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Airbus
ⓘ
surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA ⓘ |
| maximumPayload | 9000 kg ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 23000 kg ⓘ |
| medicalEvacuationCapacity | up to 24 stretchers ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator |
Bangladesh Air Force
ⓘ
Brazilian Air Force ⓘ Chilean Air Force ⓘ Czech Air Force ⓘ Indonesian Air Force ⓘ Polish Air Force ⓘ Portuguese Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force of Oman ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Spanish Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Air and Space Force
|
| paratroopCapacity | up to 48 paratroopers ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | up to 71 troops ⓘ |
| pressurization | pressurized cabin ⓘ |
| range | over 2000 km ⓘ |
| role |
cargo transport
ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ surveillance ⓘ tactical military transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| typicalCrew | 2 pilots ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CASA C-295 Description of subject: The CASA C-295 is a twin-turboprop tactical military transport aircraft widely used for troop and cargo transport, medical evacuation, and maritime patrol missions.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
C-295M
this entity surface form:
C-295W
this entity surface form:
C-295MPA
this entity surface form:
C-295 AEW&C
this entity surface form:
C-295 Firefighter
this entity surface form:
CN-235 family
this entity surface form:
C-295 family
this entity surface form:
C-295
this entity surface form:
CASA C-295M
this entity surface form:
C-295
this entity surface form:
C-295M
this entity surface form:
C-295
this entity surface form:
C-295
this entity surface form:
C-295 family
this entity surface form:
Airbus C-295
this entity surface form:
Airbus C295
this entity surface form:
Airbus C295 MPA
this entity surface form:
Airbus C-295
this entity surface form:
Airbus C-295
this entity surface form:
CASA C-295M