arospatiale gazelle

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the aérospatiale gazelle (company designations sa 340, sa 341 and sa 342) is a french five-seat helicopter, commonly used for light transport, scouting and light attack duties. it is powered by a single turbomeca astazou turbine engine and was the first helicopter to feature a fenestron tail instead of a conventional tail rotor. it was designed by sud aviation, later aérospatiale, and manufactured in france and the united kingdom through a joint production agreement with westland aircraft. further manufacturing under license was performed by soko in yugoslavia and the arab british helicopter company (abhco) in egypt.