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Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma

🇫🇷 France ·first flew 1965· utility helicopter

🚁 helicopter ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Aerospatiale SA 330B Puma, France - Army JP7168956: Aldo Bidini· GFDL 1.2
  2. 2. Oryx: Lystil· CC BY 2.0
  3. 3. IAR 330: MAPN· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. Aerospatiale SA-330J Puma - SPaF - Pedro Aragão: Pedro Aragão· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. French SA 330 Puma lifts off in a cloud of sand during Operation Desert Shield: Tech. Sgt. H. H. Deffner· Public domain
  6. 6. Moroccan SA 330 Puma (cropped): Senior Airman Natasha Stannard· Public domain
  7. 7. RAF Westland SA-330E Puma HC1: Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation· GFDL 1.2
  8. 8. SA330BPuma2004: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho· Public domain
  9. 9. West German Bundesgrenzschutz SA 330 Puma Helicopter: Wg5 Danny Trujillo· Public domain
  10. 10. Aérospatiale SA 330B Puma (54871095085): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Aldo Bidini· GFDL 1.2

what is it?

The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter designed and originally produced by the French aerospace manufacturer Sud Aviation. The Puma was developed as a new design during the mid-1960s in response to a French Army requirement for a medium-sized all-weather utility helicopter. Powered by a pair of Turbomeca Turmo turboshaft engines, it was designed to transport up to 16 seated soldiers, or a maximum of six litters with four attendants for casualty evacuation, along with carrying up to 2,500 kg of cargo either internally or using an external sling.

base stats

  • built 697made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 61 years ago, in 1965.

spec sheet

first flight
1965-04-15
introduced
1969
status
still flying
number built
697
role
utility helicopter
origin
🇫🇷 France
makers
Sud-Aviation, Aérospatiale
engines
—
length
14 m
height
5.1 m
top speed
—
range
—

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q794586, Wikipedia: Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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