The Aérospatiale Alouette II 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
An SE.3130 Alouette II (ex-Swiss Air Force)
Sud Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II ZU-ALO; Private operator in South Africa
SA 318C Alouette II Astazou at the Borderland Museum Eichsfeld in Central Germany.
A West German Alouette II Astazou patrolling the border with East Germany, 1985
Aérospatiale was a French state-owned aerospace and defence corporation. It was founded in 1970 as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale through the merger of three state-owned aerospace firms:
Former head office on the Boulevard de Montmorency
A Fouga Magister of the Belgian Air Force
The first flight of Concorde, in 1969
An AS350 Écureuil of the French Gendarmerie