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"Merci Alouette": the Groupement Hélicoptères Sécurité Civile Grenoble celebrates the last day of helicopter's activity

Grenoble, France - After 47 years of service

A great "Porte Ouverte" to JPO in Grenoble-Le Versoud to greet, in an official manner, the end of the flight activity for Alouette III, the French rescue helicopter, by the Groupement Hélicoptères Sécurité Civile. The choice of Grenoble is not casual: in fact, here there was the first base for rescue in mountain of Sécurité Civile and here on June 14, 1962 the first SA-319B "Alouette III", code...

fra/pec - 1103917
Rome, Italy, 05/05/2009 15:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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