Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil
E238444
The Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil is a widely used single-engine light utility helicopter known for its versatility in civilian, law enforcement, and rescue operations.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil | 3 |
| AS350 B | 2 |
| AS350 B2 | 2 |
| AS350 | 1 |
| AS350 B1 | 1 |
| AS350 B3 | 1 |
| AS350 B3e | 1 |
| AS350 C | 1 |
| AS350 D | 1 |
| Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil canonical | 1 |
| Aérospatiale AS 355 Écureuil 2 | 1 |
| Aérospatiale AS350 Écureuil | 1 |
| Eurocopter AS350 B3 | 1 |
| Eurocopter AS350 B3e | 1 |
| Eurocopter AS350 series | 1 |
| Eurocopter EC130 T2 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1755230 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil Context triple: [Aérospatiale, majorProduct, Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil]
-
A.
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar
The Eurocopter AS532 Cougar is a twin-engine, medium-lift military helicopter used worldwide for transport, search and rescue, and tactical operations.
-
B.
Airbus H145
The Airbus H145 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport due to its versatility, advanced avionics, and high performance.
-
C.
Airbus H225
The Airbus H225 is a long-range, twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter widely used for offshore transport, search and rescue, and military missions.
-
D.
Gazelle helicopter
The Gazelle helicopter is a light, fast, and highly maneuverable French-designed utility and reconnaissance helicopter widely used by military forces for training, liaison, and observation roles.
-
E.
Bell 212 helicopter
The Bell 212 helicopter is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter widely used for military transport, search and rescue, and general support missions around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil Target entity description: The Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil is a widely used single-engine light utility helicopter known for its versatility in civilian, law enforcement, and rescue operations.
-
A.
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar
The Eurocopter AS532 Cougar is a twin-engine, medium-lift military helicopter used worldwide for transport, search and rescue, and tactical operations.
-
B.
Airbus H145
The Airbus H145 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter widely used for emergency medical services, law enforcement, and civilian transport due to its versatility, advanced avionics, and high performance.
-
C.
Airbus H225
The Airbus H225 is a long-range, twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter widely used for offshore transport, search and rescue, and military missions.
-
D.
Gazelle helicopter
The Gazelle helicopter is a light, fast, and highly maneuverable French-designed utility and reconnaissance helicopter widely used by military forces for training, liaison, and observation roles.
-
E.
Bell 212 helicopter
The Bell 212 helicopter is a twin-engine, medium utility helicopter widely used for military transport, search and rescue, and general support missions around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light utility helicopter
ⓘ
single‑engine helicopter ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil
ⓘ
surface form:
AS350
Écureuil ⓘ |
| civilCertificationAuthority |
Direction générale de l’aviation civile
ⓘ
surface form:
Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| engineType | turboshaft ⓘ |
| EverestLandingDate | 2005-05-14 ⓘ |
| EverestLandingVariant |
Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eurocopter AS350 B3
|
| firstFlight | 1974-06-27 ⓘ |
| fuselageMaterial | aluminium alloy ⓘ |
| introduced | 1978 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | skid landing gear ⓘ |
| mainRotorBlades | 3 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Airbus Helicopters
ⓘ
Aérospatiale ⓘ Airbus Helicopters ⓘ
surface form:
Eurocopter
|
| maxCruiseSpeed_kmh | 245 ⓘ |
| militaryVariant | AS550 Fennec ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Squirrel ⓘ |
| notableRecord | first helicopter to land on the summit of Mount Everest ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | 5 ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
civil operators
ⓘ
law enforcement agencies ⓘ search and rescue operators ⓘ |
| range_km | 650 ⓘ |
| role |
aerial work
ⓘ
emergency medical services ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ utility helicopter ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling_m | 4570 ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| successorCompany |
Airbus Helicopters
ⓘ
Airbus Helicopters ⓘ
surface form:
Eurocopter Group
|
| tailRotorBlades | 2 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerial firefighting
ⓘ
powerline inspection ⓘ tourism flights ⓘ |
| variant |
Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
AS350 B
AS350 Écureuil family (H125) ⓘ
surface form:
AS350 B1
Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
AS350 B2
AS350 Écureuil family (H125) ⓘ
surface form:
AS350 B3
AS350 Écureuil family (H125) ⓘ
surface form:
AS350 BA
Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
AS350 C
Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
AS350 D
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil Description of subject: The Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil is a widely used single-engine light utility helicopter known for its versatility in civilian, law enforcement, and rescue operations.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aérospatiale AS 355 Écureuil 2
this entity surface form:
Eurocopter AS350 B3e
this entity surface form:
Eurocopter EC130 T2
this entity surface form:
AS350 B
this entity surface form:
AS350 B1
this entity surface form:
AS350 B2
this entity surface form:
AS350 B3
this entity surface form:
AS350 B3e
this entity surface form:
Eurocopter AS350 series
Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil
→
EverestLandingVariant
→
Aérospatiale AS 350 Écureuil
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Eurocopter AS350 B3
this entity surface form:
AS350
this entity surface form:
AS350 B
this entity surface form:
AS350 B2
this entity surface form:
AS350 C
this entity surface form:
AS350 D
this entity surface form:
Aérospatiale AS350 Écureuil
this entity surface form:
Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil
this entity surface form:
Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil