One of two modern copters with the lattice work of the tail boom exposed to view. The Lama (and earlier Alouettes) have a multipane bubbled canopy that stops well above the bottom of the cabin.

The most recent of a line of French-designed, Texas-built helicopters (it's basically an Alouette II frame with an Alouette III power plant), the Lama has a certified ceiling of 5400m but has landed and taken off in the Himalayas at 7500m. It's a popular Alpine rescue helicopter, and is named (in English spelling) for the Andean two-l llama, not the one-l Tibetan religious leader.