Alouette III

General Data
First Flown:	1967	Length:	10.03 m
Lift Capability:	1,653 lb	Height:	9 ft 10 in
Range:	375 miles	Rotor Span:	11 m
Top Speed:	136 mph	Empty Weight:	2,513 lb
Service Ceiling:	10,170 ft	Max Gross Weight:	4,960 lb
Engines:	1 Turbomeca Artouste 3 rated at 870hp or 1 Astazou 3 rated at 880hp
Armament:	Machine guns, cannon, antitank missiles, rockets
Accommodations:	1 Pilot and up to 6 fully equipped troops	Cargo:	1,653 lb
Operators:	Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Burkina-Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, India (Chetak), Iraq, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal (Chetak), Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Yemen, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Zaire

Similar Aircraft:	Sanders-Roe P. 531-1
Other Features:	none


Notes

The Alouette III was an an enlarged and aerodynamically refined version of the Alouette II. It was basically the same with a larger more powerful engine .
The "Alouette III" had excellent controllability and high stability in low altitude flight. It belongs to the group of the most successful helicopters ever constructed in France.
Other Designations include SA-316, SA-319

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