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Old 15th Apr 2021, 07:05
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Originally Posted by Noyade
The "Helouan" HA-300 according to William Green back in 1964.
However, Wiki calls it "Helwan."....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helwan_HA-300
Different transcriptions of the Egyptian place name. I guess the -ou- version is a French transcription, which would figure with its being apparently the one used earlier in the Anglophone world, as in this caption of WW1 Australian troops in Egypt https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P01824.001
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