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Heller Alouette III (Chetak)
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Gallery Article by Murli
Rajan
on Aug 15 2014
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India Independence Day
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The Aerospatiale Alouette III is
a single engined light utility helicopter, it was built under license by
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited as HAL Chetak
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
built over 300 units of the helicopter. They were in service with the Indian
Armed Forces in training, transport, CASEVAC (Casualty Evacuation),
Communication & Liaison roles.
In 1986 the government
constituted the Army's Aviation Corps and most Chetak's operating in AOP
squadrons were transferred from the Air Force on 1 November 1986.
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This Heller kit though being old
and tiny it is good kit though I built it OOB, putting it together was a
breeze with minimum filling and sanding
Painted with Tamiya Acrylic,
roundels from Brightspark, serial number and ARMY logo was self made decals.