THE AIRFORCE - AIRCRAFT - ALOUETTE II
Aircraft Stats:
Powerplant: 1 x Turbomeca Artouste IICS
Speed: 200 kph, 124mph mph
Range: 530km, 329miles
Seats: 1+4
Length: 9.75m, 32ft
Span: 10.20m, 5.5ft 5.5in
Empty Weight: 890kg, 1,961lb
Max T/O Weight: 1 650kg, 3,638lb
Period of Service: 1960 - 1973
Alouette II
Status: Retired
Manufacturer: Sud Aviation
Country of Manufacture: France
Role: Utility
A total of eight Alouette IIs (serials 15 - 22) served in the SAAF from September 1960 to 1973.
Serials 15 and 18 to 22 were then used by the SAP in Rhodesia before being transferred in the RhAF in 1975 and returned to SA in 1981.
16 was w/o near Worcester (1966) and 17 w/o in Du Toits Kloof (1962).
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