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4 unusual facts about Aérospatiale Super Frelon


Aérospatiale Super Frelon

In Columbia Pictures' 1988 Soviet/Afghanistan War drama The Beast, the Super Frelon was used to represent Communist-bloc helicopters, being that no examples of Soviet aircraft were available for use due to the existence of the Iron Curtain, which would collapse three years later.

Dajiang-class tender

Each ship has a crew of 308 sailors and is equipped with an aft helicopter deck and hangars for 2 Z-8 Super Frelon helicopters.

Danny Matt

On the night of 31 October/1 November, Matt's troops, ferried by Super Frelon helicopters over some 300 km of Egyptian airspace, attacked and destroyed two bridges over the Nile as well as an electrical transformer near the town of Nag Hamadi.

TGV 001

Each locomotive was equipped with two turbines (TURMO III G then TURMO X), also used in the Super Frelon helicopters.



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