| Registration / Serial: | F-WFUY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sud-Ouest SO.1120 Ariel III |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sud-Ouest SO.1120 Ariel III |
| Aircraft Version: | Sud-Ouest SO.1120 Ariel III |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| City / Airport: | Villacoublay - Vélizy (LFPV / VIY)Map |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 1951 to 31 December 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 643420Submit Correction |
| View count: | 301 |
The Ariel III was the first fully jet-powered helicopter to fly. The first of two prototypes, F-WFUY first flew on 18 April 1951 and is seen here on an early test flight. Replacing the piston engine and compressor of the earlier Ariels, a Turbomeca Arrius turbine-compressor fed compressed air to burners at the rotor tips. There was now room for a third seat. The Ariel III resulted in the SO.1221 Djinn. The location seems to be Villacoublay which apparently hosted the Ariel programme, Sud-Ouest (SNCASO) having taken over the Bloch facilities here. Photo from: Sud-Ouest
| Registration / Serial: | F-WFUY |
| Aircraft Version: | Sud-Ouest SO.1120 Ariel III |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| City / Airport: | Villacoublay - Vélizy (LFPV / VIY)Map | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 1951 to 31 December 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | F-WFUY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sud-Ouest SO.1120 Ariel III |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sud-Ouest SO.1120 Ariel III |
| Aircraft Version: | Sud-Ouest SO.1120 Ariel III |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| City / Airport: | Villacoublay - Vélizy (LFPV / VIY)Map |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 1951 to 31 December 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 643420Submit Correction |
| View count: | 301 |
The Ariel III was the first fully jet-powered helicopter to fly. The first of two prototypes, F-WFUY first flew on 18 April 1951 and is seen here on an early test flight. Replacing the piston engine and compressor of the earlier Ariels, a Turbomeca Arrius turbine-compressor fed compressed air to burners at the rotor tips. There was now room for a third seat. The Ariel III resulted in the SO.1221 Djinn. The location seems to be Villacoublay which apparently hosted the Ariel programme, Sud-Ouest (SNCASO) having taken over the Bloch facilities here. Photo from: Sud-Ouest
| Registration / Serial: | F-WFUY |
| Aircraft Version: | Sud-Ouest SO.1120 Ariel III |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| City / Airport: | Villacoublay - Vélizy (LFPV / VIY)Map | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 1951 to 31 December 1951 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |