Alouette II
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sud Alouette II, Aerospatiale Alouette II, Aérospatiale Alouette II, Sud Aviation Alouette II
utility helicopter family by Sud Aviation
Key facts
- Type
- Light helicopter
- National origin
- France
- Manufacturer
- Sud Aviation , Aérospatiale
- Status
- Limited service
- Primary users
- French Army French Air Force , German Army , Swiss Air Force (retired)
- Number built
- 1,300+
- Manufactured
- 1956–1975
- Introduction date
- 2 May 1957
- First flight
- 12 March 1955
- Variant
- Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
- Developed into
- Aérospatiale Alouette III
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- German Army
- Country of origin
- France
- Developer
- Sud-Aviation
- Diameter
- 11.02
- Manufacturer
- Sud-Aviation
- Image
- SA318 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 2.75
- Length
- 10.26
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- Commons category
- Aérospatiale SA 313/SA 318 Alouette II
- first flight
- 1955-03-12
- derivative work
- Aérospatiale Alouette III
- maximum operating altitude
- 2300
- different from
- Alouette 2
- service entry
- 1957-05-02
- total produced
- 1300
- military designation
- Hkp 2
- native label
- Aérospatiale Alouette II
- cruise speed
- 170
- vehicle range
- 565
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Encyclopedic overview
Sud Aviation SE.3130 Alouette IIZU-ALO; Private operator in South Africa SA 318C Alouette II Astazou at the Borderland Museum Eichsfeld in Central Germany.
The Aérospatiale Alouette II ( French pronunciation: [alwɛt], "lark"; company designations SE 313 and SA 318) is a French light helicopter originally manufactured by Sud Aviation and later Aérospatiale. It was the first production helicopter powered by a gas turbine engine instead of the heavier conventional piston powerplant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alouette II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.