1955: Sud-Ouest SO 1310 Farfadet (Goblin)
Two turbines Artouste for the prop and a Arius for the tip jets
1956 :
The Sud-Est SE 313B Alouette II enter in production
1957 : Sud-Aviation Formed
May 1957 : Sud-Aviation SE 3140
Alouette II development, not produced
June 13, 1958 :
SE3150/002 Alouette 2 set an altitude without payload record of 10.984 m
February 28, 1959 : Sud-Aviation SE 3160 Alouette III
Alouette III prototype
1960: Sud-Aviation SE 316A Alouette III Grown from the Alouette II
June 1959 : Sud-Aviation SE 3200 Frelon
Medium - Size helicopter. Only 2 units built
June 30, 1960 : J.Boulet lands an Alouette III (Artouste 3 engine)
on the summit of Mont Blanc, 15,770 ft / 4.800 m
January 31, 1961 : Sud-Aviation SA 318 Alouette II
Alouette II with a Turbomeca Astazau IIa of 530 hp
December 7, 1962
First flight of the SE 3210 Frelon troops-transport prototype
( F-ZWWE )
May 28, 1963
First flight of the SE 3210 Frelon naval prototype (F-ZWWF)
1964 : Sud-Aviation SA 318C Alouette II
First production units of the SA 318
It was also assembled in USA by Republic and in Sweden by Saab
April 1965 : Sud-Aviation SA 330A Alouette IV.
First flight of the prototype ( F-ZWWN )
Result of a request of the Aviation Legere del l' Armee de Terre
the Puma as was renamed, will finally be produced in
cooperation with Westland
May 1965: Sud-Aviation SA 321G Super Frelon
Built in cooperation with Sikorsky and Fiat, was the biggest helicopter produced in Western Europe
1967 : Nord 500
A ducted - propeller ( Tilt-Rotor ) research aircraft
February 22, 1967 :
Franco - British agreement for helicopter production signed
between Sud Aviation and Westland covering
licence production in UK of 48 SA330Es which were to be known as Puma HC1s
in RAF service and the production of 292 SA341 Gazelles.
In return the French were granted licence production of 40 Westland Lynx helicopters.
April 7,1967 : Sud-Aviation SA 340
The Gazelle prototype, a five-seat helo, used an Alouette II tail rotor.
April 12,1968: Sud-Aviation SA 341 Gazelle
Originally designed to meet a french army requirement for an
observation helicopter, was included in the 1967 Franco - British agreement .
The Gazelle incorporates the Fenestron ( An enclosed tail rotor ) and a "semi-rigid" main rotor developed with Bolkow. Was also built in Yugoslavia by SOKO .
September 1968 :
Sud-Aviation SA 330B Puma
Also built by Westland in England (48 units) , ICA in Rumania (+100),
Nurtanio (11) in Indonesia and Atlas in South Africa (as Oryx)
March 17, 1969 :
Sud-Aviation SA 315B Lama
January 1, 1970
The French government officially approved the merger of the three
companies Sud-Aviation, Nord-Aviation and Sereb, creating a single
company Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale.
