President marks deployment of Korea's 1st military chopper

[pokdo]

http://english.president.go.kr/pre_activity/latest/latest_view.php?board_no=E02&uno=7863

President Park Geun-hye praised the development of the Surion, Korea's first indigenous military helicopter, by saying that the development has made Korea the world's 11th country to develop its own helicopter, at a ceremony to deploy the Surion at the Army Aviation School in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do (South Chungcheong Province) on May 22.

President Park Geun-hye boards the Surion, Korea's first military helicopter, at the Army Aviation School in Nonsan, Chungcheongnam-do on May 22 (photo: Cheong Wa Dae).

President Park (center) poses with soldiers in front of Surion helicopters (photo: Cheong Wa Dae).

 

[Roybot]

 

[pokdo]

Here is the link for some extra pictures from the ceremony

http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/gallery/view.html?b_bbs_id=10044&num=178701

 

[BaybarsHan]

I love the Koreans

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Looks similiar to Puma helicopter.... anyways congrats SK!

 

[pokdo]

Looks similiar to Puma helicopter.... anyways congrats SK!

well...it's the most sad part of this helicopter. For some reason(probably the roc, the military wanted smaller ones i guess) they actually downsized the cougar and made it smaller into this inferior design. I'm actually one of the people who's been against this project.

 

[420canada]

looks like a puma

 

[Skull and Bones]

I've seen this helicopter before, maybe in some European armed forces.

 

[Roybot]

I've seen this helicopter before, maybe in some European armed forces.

You are thinking about Eurocopter Puma, which this chopper is based on.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Looks like a cross between a Puma and a Mi-2 (rear landing gear and curvature of the rear fuselage)

 

[Jango]

Change the landing gears and engine intakes and you have a Puma on the outside!

A quick search on google reveals it was made in cooperation with Eurocopter so there's where the looks came from!

Anyways, good job by Korea in making their own chopper!

 

[Super Falcon]

copy of puma helicopter

 

[pokdo]

copy of puma helicopter

Not quite exactly although it's based on AS332