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Eurocopter: 50 years of Alouette 2 in history

Paris, France - The helicopter group celebrates the long history of a successful aircraft

Eurocopter, the helicopter group owned by EADS and which inherited the overall products made by French Aerospatiale and German MBB, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Alouette 2. The maiden flight of such rotor-winged aircraft was in fact performed in the distant 1955, and its producer reminds that this chopper can in fact be absolutely considered as the first one to be mass-manufactured provided...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 116180
Rome, Italy, 03/14/2005 12:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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