Sud Aviation / Aérospatiale SA 340 / SA 341 / SA 342 Gazelle Family
The Gazelle is a light turbine helicopter family developed in France and produced through Anglo-French cooperation. Its streamlined fuselage, composite rotor blades, and enclosed Fenestron tail rotor introduced technologies that shaped later European helicopters. Civil and military variants have served in liaison, observation, training, light transport, reconnaissance, search-and-rescue, and utility roles, and hundreds remain in service decades after the design's first flight.
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Identity
- Aliases
- GazelleSA 340 GazelleSA 341 GazelleSA 342 GazelleWestland Gazelle
- Family Name
- Aérospatiale Gazelle
- Full Name
- Sud Aviation / Aérospatiale SA 340 / SA 341 / SA 342 Gazelle Family
- Roles
- militaryutilityreconnaissancesearch_and_rescuetrainer
- Status
- active
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- rotorcraft
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- vtol
- Description
- The Gazelle is a light turbine helicopter family developed in France and produced through Anglo-French cooperation. Its streamlined fuselage, composite rotor blades, and enclosed Fenestron tail rotor introduced technologies that shaped later European helicopters. Civil and military variants have served in liaison, observation, training, light transport, reconnaissance, search-and-rescue, and utility roles, and hundreds remain in service decades after the design's first flight.
- First Flight Year
- 1,967
- Manufacturer
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 12:29:00 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 12:29:00 UTC