I thought the Puma was a cat...
posted by Paul
The first Puma prototype flew for the first time in 1965. This helicopter was developed in France by Aérospatiale to be a mid-sized highly versatile aircraft for use by the French Army. The South African defence force has used the Puma for about as long as I can recall, and today we still regularly see them flying the skies of Cape Town.
2 Comments:
Hello!
Actually, that's an Oryx, an upgraded Puma made in RSA.
Where I live (Portugal) the Puma was almost an institution, given the so many people in distress it rescued from the sea for 30 years (some 2000, if I recall correctly). In recent years, they have been replaced by the EH101.
An outstanding machine, the Puma. I already miss their sound overflying.
Congrats on your blog! You certainly live in one wonderful city.
Regards,
JQ
Joao>> Thanks for clearing this up - for years I've heard of the Oryx, but I've always seen "Pumas" in the sky. Now I know... ;)
They do have an awesome sound hey!? Thanks for the kind message,
Paul.
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