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The Alouette I was a prototype helicopter produced by Sud-Est after World War II

The Alouette I was a prototype helicopter produced by Sud-Est in the early 1950s. It was the precursor to the classic Alouette light helicopter family. It set a world's endurance record, flying in a closed circuit for 13 hours and 56 minutes.

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