7. Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma – France
Produced by Aerospace (now Airbus)
Principal Users: Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore, CHC Helicopter, Spanish Air Force, French Air and Space Force
* Price: $15.5 million per unit* In use since the late 1970s is the Eurocopter A S332 Super Puma. Currently, the Spanish Air Force, CHC Helicopter, Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore, and the French Air and Space Force are the main users of it. A utility helicopter, the Super Puma, is now known as the Airbus Helicopter H215.
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma (France) | Wikimedia.org/Mark Harkin
The Super Puma is an aircraft designed by Aerospatiale (Airbus) that stands out for a few reasons, including its streamlined nose and ventral fin located beneath its tail boom. A thousand of these units have been manufactured. The cost of production is approximately $15.5 million per unit; however, several cost-cutting measures have been implemented in an attempt to lower the price.
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