SA321 Super Frelon (revised and expanded)

In 44 years of service in the Navy and 2,150 people rescued under his belt, the Super Frelon has become, in France, a mythical helicopter. It has filled almost all the types of missions that Navy or Air Force may entrust a rotary wing of the anti submarine operational and logistical transport via marine salvage, rescue and combat missions for the benefit of special commandos.
Vesatility
For this, he was selected by several countries and wore the colors of the Israeli armed forces, South Africa, Libya, Iraq and China. This book has its origins, its development, commissioning as well as the characteristics and technical and operational capabilities of all versions of civilian and military French and foreign. The various uses of "Super" are described as well as its Chinese copies, the Z-8 and the latest AC 313. This "Aircraft Profile" also traces the history of the units used, and for each country lists copies delivered and their current situation. civil Her career is not forgotten and is illustrated with many photographs and the testimony of a man who lived it. Revised edition, supplemented and expanded the work published there few years and quickly sold out. Jean-Luc Kerdiles it approaches the end of the career of this fabulous helicopter Naval Aviation, which was a regular Coastal heavens for decades ... A4 format, 192 pages, about 430 photos, plans and three color profiles.