Announcement

**Rotorspot** · 31st March 2021, 19:26

Newly Registered

ZU-ROR, SA341B Gazelle AH1, c/n 1994; ex N685ZB, ZB685; registered 01-Mar-2021

New Ownership

N1433W, SA341F2, c/n 1433; to Kim Tschetter, Huron (South Dakota); 22-Mar-2021

**Zishelix** · 1st April 2021, 07:58

SA341G c/n 1003 N341FR NFI

**Savoia** · 1st April 2021, 12:48

SA341B ZB691 (WA2006) as seen at SPTA on 29th March 2021 (Photo by Peter Reoch)

3e RHC SA342M on board the ship 'Siroco' NFI

Chinese Gazelles NFI

SA341G(S) N123TY (cn.1264) as seen Stateside c.1970's

**Rotorspot** · 2nd April 2021, 15:08

Cancellations

Cancelled from the Russian aircraft register, somewhere between 14-Jan-2021 and 25-Feb-2021:

- RA-05703 SA341B Gazelle AH1, c/n 1524
- RA-1314G SA341G, c/n ????

Doe anyone know the fate of these aircraft?

Cancelled from the Russian aircraft register, somewhere between 25-Feb-2021 and 30-Mar-2021:

- RA-05710 SA341G, c/n 055; did become TL-WJU
- RA-1347G SA341G, c/n 087

Does anyone know the fate of the latter one?

**Savoia** · 3rd April 2021, 13:28

SA341C RA-05708 (WA1045) as seen in Abkhazia in March 2021

The 342 'Phantom Gaz' as seen at Gostilitsy Airfield in St. Petersburg on 3rd April 2021

SA341D G-TSTR ZB625 (WA1905) as seen at Thruxton on 1st April 2021 (Photo by Mark Harris)

SA341B ZB691 (WA2006) as seen at SPTA on 2nd April 2021 (Photo by Mark Harris)

A quartet of Serbian Air Force Gazelles depart from Batajnica Air Base in March 2021

**Savoia** · 4th April 2021, 09:38

Wishing our members and visitors a very

**Savoia** · 5th April 2021, 10:06

SA342M HA-HSG (cn.3615) as seen at Breighton on 1st April 2021 (Photo by Matt Hallam)

SA341G RA-07822 (WA1073) as seen in Kaluga,
western Russia on 4th March 2021

SA341D G-ONNE (WA1089) as seen over Mutlow Hill
in South Cambridgeshire on 30th March 2021

SA341F2 N383GZ (cn.1383) start and depart from
Whiteman Airport in Los Angeles on 22 January 2021

**Savoia** · 6th April 2021, 11:08

SA341D G-TSTR ex-ZB625 (WA1905) as seen at Thruxton on 29th March 2021 (Photo by Chris Gilligan)

SA341B's XW911 with XZ316 departing Shoreham Airfield in November 1997

SA341H HA-LFN (cn.045) as seen in Hungry on 2nd September 2020 (Photo by Colin Penny)

Gazelles at Bourne Park in January and March 2021

**Helipixman** · 7th April 2021, 13:13

Just noted in an aviation monthly (Air Britain News)

N342MR SA342M Gazelle (3956) arrived in Belgium from the USA in a container in 11.20 ?

XZ290 taken out of storage at Fleetlands and was being serviced there in 1.21

**Savoia** · 7th April 2021, 13:41

SA341B ZB689 (WA689) as seen at Belfast Airport on 4th September 2006 (Photo by Maarten Peters)

SA341C RA-05708 (WA1045) as seen in Abkhazia on 4th April 2021

SA341F2 ZU-HHP (cn.1597) as seen at Nylstroom Airfield on 18th July 2015 (Photo by Garth Calitz)

**Savoia** · 8th April 2021, 11:41

Niger Air Force SA342 MHE as seen at Aéroport de Marseille on 2nd April 2021 (Photo by Damien Fournier)

SA341F2 F-MBDA (cn.1175) as seen at Liège-Bierset Airport in Belgium on 13th May 2007 (Photo by Ad Vercruijsse)

SA341B ZA772 (WA1814) as seen at RAF Fairford on 13th July 2018 (Photo by Kevin Slade)

SA341G) G-GAZI (cn.1136) as seen at Teuge Airport in the Netherlands on 12th April 2003 (Photo by Johan Hetebrij)

**Savoia** · 9th April 2021, 11:23

SA341G N505HA (cn.1022) as seen at Breighton on 31st March 2007 (Photo by Richard Flagg)

SA341C XX391 (WA1299) as seen at RNAS Portland on 24th July 1976 (Photo by Peter Foster)

N341RD landing in Florida in March 2020

Armée de Terre Gazelles at RAF Northolt in 2016

**Savoia** · 10th April 2021, 11:32

SA341B ZA775 (WA1817) as seen near former RAF Ballykelly in Northern Ireland on 7th April 2021 (Photo by John Purvis)

BAGs at Farnborough in July 2006 (Photo by John Dixon)

**Savoia** · 12th April 2021, 11:24

SA341H 12712 (091) as seen in Vrsac, Serbia on 23rd September 2007 (Photo by Dimitrije Ostojic)

SA341F2 F-MBDK as seen at Bierset Airbase in Belgium in May 2007 (Photo by Paul Schaller)

SA341B XX450 (WA1449) as seen at RAF Chivenor NFI

**Zishelix** · 13th April 2021, 09:43

Movie Gazelles

There is a Gazelle in new movie 'I am Legend II'

(see 1:18 & 1:31)

Is anyone able to help with the ID of this machine?

**Rotorspot** · 13th April 2021, 12:17

Question about F-GRVC

Apparently the ex-Serbian Gazelle c/n 1164 (Serbian serial 12607) became F-GRVC in 1996, as shown by various references. However, the DGAC online register has no record of either F-GRVC nor of a Gazelle with c/n 1164 (which by itself does not prove anything). Nor can I find any reported sightings of this Gazelle. Is there any confirmation that F-GRVC ever existed as such?

**Savoia** · 13th April 2021, 12:38

SA341C VH-OIW (WA1007) as seen at Rowland Flat Airfield in South Australia on 11th April 2021 (Photos by Michael Kira)

SA341B VH-OIX ex-XX409 (WA1351) as seen at Goolwa Airport in South Australia on 14th March 2021 (Photo by Mike Didsbury)

SA341C XW861 (WA1102) as seen at RAF Shawbury on 15th January 2014 (Photo by Alan Allen)

Army Lecture: Life as a Ground Crewman during the Cold War

The story of the British Army of the Rhine is inseparable from the forty-six-year long narrative of the Cold War. Generations of British service personnel served alongside our NATO allies, facing the massed forces of the Soviet Union, and the Warsaw Pact across the North German Plain. The prospect of the cold war turning hot was a grim one.

SA341B in Germany in the 1980's

Mike Peters was posted to BAOR in 1981, arriving at 664 Squadron AAC in Minden as an Air Trooper fresh from training at Middle Wallop. The Cold War was still very much real, but like so many of the young soldiers that made up the AAC regiments in Germany, he quickly found out that there was lighter side to defending democracy from Soviet aggression. Daily life was not all damp woods and crash outs in the night.

Watch this Lockdown Lecture for a fascinating insight into what life was like in the BAOR of the eighties and as a Ground Crewman in Germany.

https://www.armyflying.com/lockdown-...-the-cold-war/

**Savoia** · 14th April 2021, 12:25

Gazelle Squadron / Falcon Aviation Relocation

We have been advised that Bourne Park is now closed and is subject to a private development.

The Gazelle Squadron, so we understand, will move to Landmead Farm in East Hanney to where G-TSTR flew yesterday.

The Gaz Squad also has access to a smaller private site which we may be able to provide details of in the future.

Bruce Stuart and Paul Whitaker are directors of both the Gaz Squad and Falcon Aviation.

SA341D G-TSTR ex-ZB625 (WA1905) as seen overhead Westbury, Wiltshire on 13th April 2021 (Photo by Steven Clements)

SA342J N624EL (cn.1094) possibly at Issy NFI

ALAT Puma and Gazelle Viviane as seen in Kosovo in May 2005 (Photo by Jorg Schmidt)

SA342M F-MGBF as seen at Aéroport Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne NFI (Photo by Guillaume Carre)

**Helipixman** · 14th April 2021, 17:35

My latest acquisition of Gazelle parts.... one day maybe in 20 years time I might have enough to put together a static Gazelle (I wish)

It is an Intercom Station box and comes from XZ939 which is now with the Gazelle Squadron as G-CLGO

**Savoia** · 15th April 2021, 11:53

SA342L1 353 (cn.2196) as seen at Lakatamia Airport on 8th November 2009 (Photo by Savvas Petoussis)

SA341D G-TSTR ZB625 (WA1905) as seen at Landmead Farm on 13th April 2021 (Photo by Robin Trewinnard-Boyle)

To see the latest Gaz for sale, please visit the GazMart

**Zishelix** · 16th April 2021, 11:06

Unidentified Combat Gazelle

Interesting photo of a Gazelle fitted with dual machine-guns, but sadly no further info.

**Savoia** · 16th April 2021, 11:51

SA341G(S) G-BXJK (cn.1417) as seen at Weston-super-Mare in 1999

SA342J YU-HEV (cn.1393) as seen at St. Athan in South Walles on 15th April 2021 (Photo by Ian Grinter)

SA341C VH-OIW (WA1007) as seen at Rowland Flat Airfield in South Australia on 11th April 2021 (Photo by Mike Didsbury)

**Savoia** · 17th April 2021, 09:40

Anja with Serbian Air Force Gazelle in April 2021

SA342M F-MCWP (cn.2179) as seen at Phalsbourg-Bourscheid on 29th Jun 1991 (Photo by Jean Drion)

SA341B XX438 (WA1406) as seen at Krosno Airport in Poland in September 1999

BAG departing Wallop earlier this week

**Savoia** · 19th April 2021, 11:01

Serbian Air Force Gazelle as seen in April 2013 NFI (Photo by Igor Salinger)

Anja in Serbia in April 2021

ALAT training day NFI

SA341B G-BZYD ex-XZ329 (WA1648) departing
Sandown Airport on the Isle of Wight on 18th April 2021

**Jakub Cikhart** · 20th April 2021, 07:25

A Gulf War Morning!

I was VERY fortunate to obtain some new Gulf War Gazelles, so here we have another Gulf war Gazelle Fiesta.

Today, Part I

XZ347

ZA771

Unknown

Photos by Benno Knorr

**Jakub Cikhart** · 21st April 2021, 09:16

Today, Part II of our Gulf War Gazelle Fiesta !!

ZA771

XX372

Photos by Benno Knorr

XZ347

XZ343

Photos by Ray Bedford

**Savoia** · 21st April 2021, 10:32

Cypriot Air Force SA342L1 live fire NFI

SA341B XX438 (WA1406) as seen at Krosno Airport in Poland in Sep 1999

Panel F-MMAT NFI

SA342L Gazelles from Rayak-based 8th Squadron NFI

Chinese Army SA342L1 LH90304 NFI

Serbian Air Force Gazelles

**Savoia** · 22nd April 2021, 12:51

SA341H YU-HEM (cn.092) as seen at Ečka Airport on 29th May 2004 (Photo by Miroslav Bozovic)

SA341B ZA772 (WA1814) as seen at RAF Fairford on 14th July 2018 (Photo by Andy Vass)

**Savoia** · 23rd April 2021, 12:19

SA341G(S) G-MANN (cn.1295) as seen at Enniskillen St. Angelo Airport on 26th September 2008 (Photo by Wayne Fivey)

SA341B XX438 (WA1406) as seen at Krosno Airport in Poland in September 1999

SA342L 241 (cn.1854) NFI (Photo by Christopher Roche)

Our congratulations to Avia member Anja who has just been promoted to Captain 'First Class' in the Serbian Air Force.

Bravo Anja!

**Savoia** · 24th April 2021, 10:43

SA341B XZ349 (WA1720) as seen at SPTA on 17th November 2009 (Photo by Neil Brant)

SA341G XX444 as seen at Greenham Common in July 1981 (Photo by Andy Bird)

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