SE3140 Alouette II 01

SE3150 Alouette II 002

SA315A Lama 001

SA315B Lama 001


Historique - History

Type :

Date :

Registration :

Owner/Operator/History :

SE-3140

mfd; intended to be used as flying testbed for Turbomeca Turmo II free wheel engine.

SE-3140

16-05-1957

F-WIEB

Sud Aviation; first flight with Roland Coffignot as test pilot.

SE-3140

F-WIEB

Sud Aviation; tfd to the CEV at Brétigny for evaluation.

SE-3140

11-04-1959

F-WIEB

Sud Aviation; last flight (Flight # 49).

SE-3140

1958

Sud Aviation; cvtd to type SE-3150 c/n 002

SE-3150

19-05-1958

F-ZWVB

Sud-Aviation; first flight.

SE-3150

1958

F-ZWVB

Sud Aviation; modified for altitude record.

SE-3150

1958

F-ZWVB

Sud Aviation; tfd to Brétigny for altitude record attempt.

SE-3150

09-06-1958

F-ZWVB

Sud Aviation; altitude record broken with 9,583 m with Jean Boulet and Henri Petit as crew; engine reported as Artouste IIIA s/n 4.

SE-3150

13-06-1958

F-ZWVB

Sud Aviation; second flight with Jean Boulet alone and altitude record broken again with 10,984 m; a total of 8 records have been broken by the helicopter during these flights.

SE-3150

1958

F-ZWVB

Sud Aviation; modified to standard configuration.

SE-3150

09-1960

F-ZWVB

Sud Aviation; sent to Norway for construction works.

SE-3150

11-1960

F-ZWVM

Sud Aviation; sent in the Himalaya region for high altitude test purposes with an Alouette III prototype (or F-ZWVB ?)

SE-3150

1969

F-WPXS

Aérospatiale; cvtd to type SA-315A MSN 001.

SA-315A

17-03-1969

F-WPXS

Sud Aviation; first flight as « SA315A Lama » with Jean Boulet as pilot; equiped with low skid.

SA-315A

06-1969

F-WPXS

Sud Aviation; at Paris Air Show with show No 388, « F-BPXJ » reg on L/H side (mistake) and « F-WPXS » reg on R/H side.

SA-315A

1969

F-BPXJ

Sud Aviation; rgd.

SA-315A

1969

F-BPXJ

Sud Aviation; opb Héli-Union.

SA-315A

07-08-1969

F-BPXS

Sud Aviation; re-rgd.

SA-315A

30-09-1970

F-BPXS

Sud Aviation; CofA issued.

SA-315A

1971

F-BPXS

Aérospatiale; seen at Berre-la-Farre and La Grande Motte.

SA-315A

1972

F-BPXS

Aérospatiale; modified for altitude record purposes.

SA-315B

19-06-1972

F-BPXS

Aérospatiale; altitude record broken (10 856 m) with Jean Boulet and Gérard Boutin as crew at Istres.

SA-315B

21-06-1972

F-BPXS

Aérospatiale; altitude record broken (12 442 m) with Jean Boulet as pilot at Istres.

SA-315A

1972

F-BPXS

Aérospatiale; reverted to standard configuration after altitude record flights.

SA-315B

18-05-1980

F-BPXS

Aérospatiale; seen at Annecy with both Aérospatiale and Héli-Union tls and logos.

SA-315B

06-1984

F-BPXS

Aérospatiale; seen at BSL in all white c/s without any title.

SA-315B

23-02-1985

F-BPXS

Aérospatiale; crashed at Flaine, France.

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Photos - Pictures

F-WIEB Eurocopter SE3140 Alouette II MSN 01, Sud-Aviation - Le Bourget - LFPB - 16-05-1957.

F-WPXS Eurocopter SA315A Lama MSN 001, Sud-Aviation - France.

F-WPXS Eurocopter SA315A Lama MSN 001, Sud-Aviation - Le Bourget - LFPB - 06-1969.

F-BPXS Eurocopter SA315A Lama MSN 001, Aerospatiale - Berre-la-Fare.

F-BPXS Eurocopter SA315A Lama MSN 001, Aerospatiale - La Grande-Motte.

F-BPXS Eurocopter SA315B Lama MSN 001, Aerospatiale - Scherpenheuvel, Belgium - 1972.

F-BPXS Eurocopter (Aérospatiale) SA315B Lama MSN 001, Aerospatiale/Héli-Union - Annecy - 18-05-1980.

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