SA 341 Gazelle Start Up & Takeoff - Aerospatiale (Eurocopter) N341ZL Like Blue Thunder

05-16-2020 - Here is video of a beautiful Aerospatiale SA341G Gazelle showing Engine Start & Takeoff with the famous Grammy Award-winning pianist, arranger, composer and conductor Randy Waldman (Jazz Pilot) www.jazzpilot.... . Jazz Pilot Randy Waldman personally asked me to tag his new Covd-19 Music Video named: Virus Stay Away From The Door! from his Randy Waldman Superheroes CD. • Virus Stay Away From T...
Footage shot at the Whiteman Airport in San Fernando Valley CA. Thank You For Watching & Please Subscribe to my Channel.
This Gazelle is a civilian 1975 model SA341G IFR with Astazou IIIA engine. It has spent time in the USA, France, UK and Canada & is Currently back in the USA.
The Aerospatiale SA.341/342 Gazelle is a five-seat light helicopter that first flew in 1967, powered by an Astazou 3 engine. The first production aircraft flew in 1971, differing from the prototype in having a longer cabin, larger tail unit and updated Astazou 3A. Ten versions of the Gazelle have been built: the SA.341B, 341C, 341D and 341E for the British armed forces; the SA.341F for the French Army; the SA.341G and SA.342J for civil operators; SA.341H military export version; and the SA.342K, 342L and 342M military versions. Under an Anglo-French agreement signed in 1967, Gazelles were produced jointly with Westland sales have exceeded 1, 200.

[@Martin-Young]

Control Tower: - Blue Thunder your clear for takeoff...

[@antr7493]

Nice.....wouldn't mind seeing Blue Thunder vs Airwolf. That would be one hell of a movie

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@antr7493 Love it 😎👍

[@CBGSpotter]

One of the best sounding choppers going! Lovely catch :D

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you Elliot, I was super excited when they pulled this out 😎👍

[@antr7493]

Love that big old tale pipe in the back. Like a muscle car.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Yup & sounds real nice, thank you for watching 👍

[@kw64]

Nice! That’s a rare helicopter in the USA. Back in 2012 I saw a Gazelle in person for the first time, I never thought that I would see a Gazelle in Tennessee. It belonged to a guy that owned a local paving company.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello. Yes they are really rare now day's and so glad you saw one. Thank you for watching & take care K W 😎👍

[@tortueninja7941]

Magnifiques 👌👍

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you very much for watching 👍😎

[@davidbee8178]

The Gazelle is one of the most beautiful and elegant looking helicopters EVER made - it looks way better than many contemporary helis IMHO, with an unmatched history of use throughout the world and performance that'll match or surpass a lot of the current crop of helis too. I see it's for sale at a terrific price considering its pedigree - whoa, if I had than kind of $ available I'd buy it in a heartbeat and work toward getting my license to fly it : ) In the meantime, I'd just park it in the back yard and drool over its looks every day : ). Lucky that you FLEW in it !!!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Nicely said David, Love these Gazelles and they are becoming more and more rare as days pass by. Thank you for your comment & for watching and maybe you will come into some money and can by this beauty 👍😎

[@davidbee8178]

@@EdWhisenantAviation Hi Ed thanks for replying . . . yes, if I come into enough money to buy the Gazelle, I assure you that you and your owner/pilot friend will be the first to know : ) Cheers and I hope you have the pleasure of going up in this beauty again

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@davidbee8178 Sounds like a deal, take care David & good luck 👍😎

[@gfr1980]

You are so right, beautiful! And also used in the movie Blue Thunder as a main protagonist. Love that machine.

[@Lil_Alpha]

That's a cool looking helicopter, keep up the good work ED, Stay Safe.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thanks so much and yes take care 😎👍

[@javierjosechavezbenitez3707]

Beautiful Progenitor of My Favourites, the 3-blade AS350, H130 & EC120, with some British can-do from Westland, to boot! Great vid! Thanks, Ed!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

These are very rare now days and hard to catch at that for me anyway, I was so excited when I saw that this was at the airport and going up for a flight. Thank you so much for your comment & for watching Javier 👍

[@steeltiger5000]

One of my favorites, this is a great catch Ed!!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you so much 😎

[@geertzwager1309]

Thanks again for posting a vid of one of those classic whirlybird beauties back from the days cars and airplanes look better than nowadays, or am I just getting old? I love the wiggling of the tail in the minute before takeoff: this machine shows that it has no business on the ground, it wants to FLY!!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

So true let this bad boy Fly, thank you for watching Geert 👍😎

[@Martin.]

Superb captured, Ed👍Thanks for sharing

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Your welcome & thank you Martin 👍😎

[@hondo500e]

What a beautiful ship!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@MegaEcho59]

Awesome! I fly one of these in my flight simulator. Great Helicopter

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

That's pretty cool & thank you Denny 👍😎

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

Great shot

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you 👍

[@raleighepp5274]

Too bad that helicopter is not still in production! Quite maneuverable and fast for a Single-engine.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Ya, I know and they are hard to catch now days. Thank you for watching😎👍

[@Hoverfiles]

Great sounding super slick machine…👍👍👍

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Oh Ya, very slick choppers for sure, thank you Ruben👍😎

[@SpamMouse]

Great registration number.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

I like it also 👍😎 Thank you for watching 👍😎

[@kristinawhorey3837]

That's some wild handling that"s gonna get them into trouble

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Pilot has over 35 years experience flying helicopters, I'm sure he is just fine.

[@RailfanNetwork]

That’s a mean looking chopper!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

I wouldn't' want to mess with this chopper, thank you for your support 👍

[@frankthomas855]

Mean yes. But i cant help but see a flying pollywog.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@frankthomas855 Good one Frank 👍

[@Nderak]

i want one so b ad ever sincei. saw it on top gear, this is the bird that makes me want a heli license

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

I can totally understand why you want a Gazelle, Thank you very much for watching 👍😎

[@MultiGrumman]

Aerospatiale SA341G Gazelle очень красивый и производительный вертолёт!:)... Спасибо за видео:)...

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you, yes it's a beautiful Helicopter 👍🚁

[@Military_aviations]

That is such a cool looking copter great video

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for watching 😎

[@Military_aviations]

Ed Whisenant you are very welcome

[@juliensvideography]

excellent video Ed

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thanks so much 👍

[@foxxray54]

Great catch 👍 Love the Gazelle especially in that black livery 😎

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Yes it looks really nice in person with this black livery, thank you for your support 👍😎

[@newarklibertyinternational2000]

Cool video!!!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank You 👍

[@borinightmare]

I remembered that Gazelle but it was modified for the tv series Blue Thunder

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Yes, you are correct - Good memory and thank you for watching Daniel 👍😎

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

GORGEOUS Heli !

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for watching 👍😎

[@maximilianrotondi941]

Wow Ed! I've seen this kind of helicopter take off from the vannuys airport.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Cool Max, I'm glad you have seen one in person, thank you for watching 👍

[@gnagyusa]

It's the best helicopter ever built.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Your not the first person that said that, Thank you so much for your comment & for watching 👍😎

[@mustangflyer6878]

I never realized the amount of engine off rotor droop on a Gazelle before.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for watching 👍😎

[@SkyCoreLLC]

Very cool. I think that used to be up at CMA.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@DrRchannel71]

great video

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you Dr. Riff 👍😎

[@HeliPadUSA]

Gorgeous!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

This is so clean you wouldn't believe it. Thank you for watching 👍😎🚁

[@OHAREAVIATION]

😎👍

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

😎👍

[@XBDT]

more Gazelle videos here: kzbin.info/door/wd_WFOEw4gql-4Enx_JZoQ?view_as=subscriber

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Great I will check them out 👍

[@followme-helitechnicaldataint]

Thank you for sharing your fantastic helicopter videos. I’m a helicopter historian and normally look out for heli photographer to share their photographs for my private helicopter database. But you’re videos become so well now that I like to add your videos as well to these specific frames. Keep up the good work, perhaps you also take some photographs?

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you so much for your comment, WOW! I bet you have an awesome collection of photographs. I always snap a picture before or after my video of every helicopter. Take care 😎

[@followme-helitechnicaldataint]

@@EdWhisenantAviation how can we have a chat? Are you on Facebook?

[@intisarivideo1397]

This is blue thunder.

[@AnthonyRupert-mz2fk]

I think that's the same type the hospitals use here in Memphis

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello Anthony, They do not use these Gazelle helicopters, they are to old and have no room inside for transporting a patient. That I know of they use the Airbus EC130 / H130 This is what they look like www.airbus.com/en/products-services/helicopters/civil-helicopters/h130 the Gazelle & H130 / EC130 look very similar. Great question & thank you for watching 👍😎

[@TLS0504]

I've watched several Gazelle videos.... Why do the rotor blades on Gazelles not engage as soon as the turbine fires ?

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for watching my video also, I don't have the exact answer I know the Robinson Helicopters are the same way, the engine starts and then they can engage the rotors. Great question hopefully someone can answer us or I will try and find out.

[@larz46north18]

@@EdWhisenantAviation "ROTOR brake ."

[@FELiPES101]

if you squint it looks like a stretched little bird, but with double the power

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Maybe ? Thank you very much for watching 😎👍

[@Visonista]

Where and when was this please?

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Hello, I took this footage on 5-16-2020 at the Whiteman Airport in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles California, thank you for watching 👍

[@Visonista]

Grazie mille Edoardo! Now posted on _Shrieking Gazelles_ www.aviafora.com/forums/forum/helicopter-fora/gazelles/343-shrieking-gazelles?p=12344#post12344

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@Visonista Pretty cool thank you for letting me know 👍😎

[@nathaniels428]

Now i know what helicopter blue thunder as I so badly want to make a replica of that an actual flying replica of blue thunder I’ve never seen anyone do it before, but if anyone has, please let me know cause I still want someone to own the blue thunder helicopter

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Good luck, maybe you can find something on the internet 👍😎

[@stavel3]

Great machine, but I prefer the Lama

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Cool than I have a Lama video to watch, titled : Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama Engine Start Up Takeoff & Landing or link is kzbin.info/www/bejne/ol6vkGmceaukb6c let me know what you think 👍😎

[@stavel3]

Ed Whisenant Hi Ed , just watched the video about Lama, that machine is simply amazing.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

@@stavel3 I hope you enjoyed watching 👍

[@Flowria34]

*Sud-Aviation* ! Pas _Aérospatiale_ !!

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for watching & yes Manufacturer Sud Aviation, later Aérospatiale

[@samiullahdir]

315 Lama is better then Gazele becuse lama tolerates air pressure of his tail .

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

Thank you for your opinion and for watching 👍😎