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Utility helicopter
Atlas Oryx is a utility helicopter originating in South Africa. It was built by Atlas Aircraft Corporation.
South AfricaTrue scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 15.45 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 15.45 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 15.45 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Utility helicopter
South Africa
Atlas Aircraft Corporation
In service
South African Air Force
50
1986-1991
1987
1986
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
Three
20 fully equipped troops
15.45 m (50 ft 8 in)
5.14 m (16 ft 10 in)
3,600 kg (7,937 lb)
8,000 kg (17,637 lb) or 8,400 kg (18,500 lb) with external load
2 × Turbomeca Makila IA1 turboshaft engines, 1,400 kW (1,900 hp) each
15.6 m (51 ft 2 in)
306 km/h (190 mph, 165 kn)
303 km (188 mi, 164 nmi)
2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi)
7,162 m (23,497 ft)
15.25 m/s (3,002 ft/min)
2 × door-mounted 7.62 mm machine guns (optional; either FN MAG or Denel SS-77 )
191 m 2 (2,060 sq ft)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Atlas Oryx equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
South AfricaReported count for Atlas Oryx. Service scope: aircraft of the South African Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 37. Origin: South Africa. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. Cited source 2025-03-27. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Atlas Oryx. Service scope: aircraft of the South African Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 37. Origin: South Africa. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. Cited source 2025-03-27. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.