Aircraft Of Foreign Countries

 


France

Helicopters

 
Type: Aerospatiale SA 341F Gazelle one/two crew light utility helicopter.
Max Speed: 146 mph at  sea level.
Climb Rate: 1,770 ft per min.
Service Ceiling: 16,405 ft.
Range: 223 miles.
Payload: four passengers or 1,540 lb of freight.
Photo: Aerospatiale
The SA 341F Gazelle of the Aviation Legere de Armee de Terre, the French armay's aviation arm.

 
Type: Aerospatiale AS 332B-1 Super Puma one/three crew medium assault and utility helicopter.
Max Speed: 163 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 1,397 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 13,450 ft.
Range: 384 miles.
Payload: 21 troops or 9,921 lb of freight.
Photo: Coll B. Thouanel
This is one of 15 AS 332s operated by the Swiss air arm.

 

Type: Eurocopter HAC-3G and PAH-2 Tiger two seat anti-tank
helicopter.
Max Speed: 174 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling:
Range: endurance 2 hours 50 minutes.
Armament: eight HOT 2 or 3 anti-tank missiles and four Stinger  (PAH-2) or ATGW 3/LR anti-tank missiles and four Mistral AAMs (HAC-3G)
Photo: Coll. Avia News
This mock-up represents the German PAH-2 version of the basic Tiger with anti-tank missiles and AAMs.

 

Type: Liore-et-Olivier LeO C.30 two seat observation autogrio.
Max Speed: 112 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 702 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 8,040 ft.
Range: 285 miles.
Armament: none.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Proving hopelessly vulnerable to German fighter attack, the LeO C.30 was quickly retired from service with observation units in 1940.

 

Type: TTH-90 two/three multi-role military helicopter.
Max Speed: 202 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling:
Range: 435 miles.
Payload: 20 troops or freight.
Photo:  Coll. Avia News
A mock-up of the TTH-90 version of the NH-90 helicopter.

 

Type: Aerospatiale (Sud-Aviation) SA 316B Alouette single
crew utility light helicopter.
Max Speed: 115 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 853 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 10,500 ft.
Range: 336 miles.
Payload: five passengers, or two litters and two attendants or 1,653 lb of freight.
Photo: SIRPA/Air
This Alouette III carries the winged horse marking of the French air force's EH 3.67 "Parisis.

 

Type: Areospatiale SA 330L Puma two/three crew medium transport helicopter.
Max Speed: 160 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate: 1,201 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 15,750 ft.
Range: 342 miles.
Payload: 20 troops, or six litters and six seated casualties, or 7,055 lb of freight.
Photo: SIRPA/Air
This SA 330B of the French air force is typical of the many hundreds in service with many air arms. The same basic type has also been built under license in Indonesia and Romania.

 

Type: Aerospatiale SA 321G Super Frelon five seat anti-submarine and anti-ship helicopter.
Max Speed: 154 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 984 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 10,170 ft.
Range: 506 miles.
Armament: four homing torpedoes or (in the anti-ship role) two AM.39 Exocet missiles.
Photo: M. Rostaing
This is one of the nine Super Frelons operated by the Libyan air force.

 

Type: Two or three crew Multi-Role Helicopter.
Max Speed: 112 mph.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 17,715 ft.
Range: 447 miles.
Armament: Two crew three passengers can carry two stretchers in a medevac role.
Photo: Unknown
The Alouette II (Lark) was the first turbine-powered helicopter in the world to go into production. First produced in 1957, the Alouette II has gone through a series of upgrades. All of the aircraft of this type are similar, including the SA-315B Lama which is equipped with the Alouette II airframe and the Alouette III engine.

 

 

 

 

 

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