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| | CAEA : SE.3130 Alouette II |
 | | After some unfruitful tests with, the SNCASE, the shortly after WW2, develops two helicopters, the SE.3110, the SE.3110 first flown by Jacques Lecarme on June 10, 1950 and the SE.3120 first flew by Jean Boulet on July 31, 1951. |
 | | This helicopter been driven by a piston engine Salmson 9NH of 203 CH allocated two records in closed loop (speed at 103,913 km/h and distance with 1252,572 km). |
 | | Charles Marchetti, head of the SNCASE helicopters engineering and design department, then conscious of the problems arising from the piston engine (weight, power and encombrement), had the brilliant idea to test for the 1st time in France a turboshaft on a helicopter. |
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