Gazelle Oliver DavidPaperback
Gazelle Oliver DavidPaperback The Aerospatiale/Westland Gazelle is one of the longest serving and most successful reconnaissance and light attack elicopters. In this readable book, aviation expert…
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Gazelle Oliver DavidPaperback
The Aerospatiale/Westland Gazelle is one of the longest serving and most successful reconnaissance and light attack elicopters. In this readable book, aviation expert David Oliver tells the full story of the development of the Gazelle as well as its various air force, military and naval roles and deployments. The Gazelle soon made an impression with its high speed, smooth looks and design innovations such as the Fenestron ducted tail rotor and composite main rotor blades.
It carried out similar roles in the French armed forces and those of other nations. Once Westland had joined the French helicopter project, the Gazelle was soon adopted as a trainer by the RAF, as a battlefield reconnaissance and attack helicopter by the Army Air Corps and Royal Marines and as a training helicopter by the Royal Navy. As this book shows, armed variants of the Gazelle have taken part in conflicts in the