Aerospatiale SA321 Super Frelon Walkaround

Aerospatiale SA321 Super Frelon Walkaround Gallery from Le Bourget Museum, Paris

This monster is another display at le Bourget in Paris. It is a decommissioned Super Frelon that has been adapted as a simulator display. You take a seat in the main cabin, the rear section of which has been blanked off by a rear projection screen. You are then taken through a SAR mission with a motion picture display on the screen and lights and sounds replicating the helo noises. While not being anywhere near a motion-simulator experience, it is educational and worthwhile. Of course, it's interesting just climbing inside the thing! The lighting was quite dark so these pics are quite grainy.

Graeme Molineux (Grubby Fingers Aircraft Illustration)