Dauphin 2
Sign in to saveAlso known as AS 365 Dauphin 2, Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin 2, Eurocopter SA365/AS365 Dauphin, Aérospatiale Dauphin 2, SA365, Dauphin II, Aerospatiale AS365, SA 365
multi-role helicopter family by Aérospatiale
Key facts
- Type
- Medium utility helicopter
- National origin
- France
- Manufacturer
- Aérospatiale , Eurocopter , Airbus Helicopters
- Status
- In service
- Primary user
- Pawan Hans
- Number built
- 1,098
- Manufactured
- 1975–2021
- Introduction date
- December 1978
- First flight
- 24 January 1975
- Developed from
- Aérospatiale SA 360 Dauphin
- Variants
- Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin , Eurocopter AS565 Panther , Harbin Z-9
- Developed into
- Eurocopter EC155 , Eurocopter X3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 11.93
- Image
- AS-365N Dauphin 2 of The Iceland Coast Guard.JPEG
- Length
- 11.44
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- Commons category
- Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin
- first flight
- 1975-01-24
- service entry
- 1989-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
The Eurocopter, later Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin, originally known as the Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin 2, is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters. It was originally developed and manufactured by French firm Aérospatiale, which was merged into the multinational Eurocopter company during the 1990s, and since 2014 Eurocopter was renamed Airbus Helicopters. Since entering production in 1975, the type has been in continuous production for more than 40 years, with the last delivery in 2021. The intended successor to the Dauphin is the Airbus Helicopters H160, which entered operational service in 2021.
The Dauphin 2 shares many similarities with the Aérospatiale SA 360, a commercially unsuccessful single-engine helicopter; however the twin-engine Dauphin 2 did meet with customer demand and has been operated by a wide variety of civil and military operators. Since the type's introduction in the 1970s, several major variations and specialised versions of the Dauphin 2 have been developed and entered production, including the military-oriented Eurocopter Panther, the air-sea rescue HH/MH-65 Dolphin, the Chinese-manufactured Harbin Z-9, and the Eurocopter EC155.