Published July 9, 2012 On this day in aviation history, July 9, 1961, began of the one of the greatest civilian evacuation operations ever undertaken in the history of Africa.  The operation would last three weeks, culminating on July 28 and would evacuate former colonial staff, administrators, military and families from the newly independent, conflict-stricken [...]

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This Week’s Hints to help you along: Designed for high performance in tropical heat and density altitudes. Created for casualty evacuation, despite its seemingly too small size. A surprisingly powerful little French engine with no drive shaft to the rotor The rotor turned via engine bleed gases, remixed with fuel, ignited — giving high power [...]

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