Huge and pointy-nosed; four side windows; tail rotor mounted on top of tail; long engine fairing with large airscoops and exhausts.

The 214 was designed for ihe Shah of Iran as a troop transport to be built under license in Iran. The fundamentalist revolution intervened, and the 214's actual first use was as a petroleum platform service bus in the North Sea. May be delivered with wheels instead of skids (for airport transportation), and has been provided with optional de-icing apparatus for Arctic work, including the Alaskan North Slope oil field.