Aerospatiale SA365 Dauphin 2
Derived from SA360 Dauphin
1975 · Twin-engine turbine helicopter
Developed as a twin-engine version of the previous SA.360/1 Dauphin, the SA.365 first flew on January 24, 1975 entering production in 1978. Was soon replaced by the much improved N variants.
Licence built in China as the Harbin Z-9 Haitung and in Brazil as the Helibras MH-1 Pantera
Licence built in China as the Harbin Z-9 Haitung and in Brazil as the Helibras MH-1 Pantera
Construction Numbers
| 001 & 2 | SA360 prototypes | 01jun72 |
| 1... | 35 aircraft SA360 | |
| 003 & 4 | Aerospatiale SA365C prototypes | |
| 50.. | 79 aircraft SA365C / SA365C2 | |
| 5100 | SA365N prototype | 31mar79 |
| 6000/64.. | Aerospatiale SA365F/G/N series | |
| from 64.. | Eurocopter as365/as565/ec155 series | 1992 |
| from 69.. | Airbus as365/H155 series | 2014 |
| from 6970 | Production ended | 2021 |
Derivatives & Versions
| SA365C Dauphin 2 | 1977 | First twin-engined version of the SA360 Dauphin first announced in 1973. |
| SA365C1 Dauphin 2 | 1979 | Powered by Arriel 1A1 engines |
| SA365N Dauphin 2 | 1979 | Powered by 2 Arriel 1C engines, introduced a retractable tricycle landing gear. |
| HH-65 Dolphin | 1980 | Since 2003, the MH-65 is powered by Safran Arriel 2C2-CG engines |
| SA365C2 Dauphin 2 | 1980 | powered by Arriel 1A2 engines |
| SA365F Dauphin 2 | 1982 | |
| AS565AA Panther | 1984 | Aerospatiale AS565AA Phanter assembled in Brazil by Helibras |
| SA365N1 Dauphin 2 | 1984 | 2 Turbomeca Arriel 1C1 turbo-shaft engine |
| SA365F1 Dauphin 2 | 1988 | |
| AS565SA Panther | 1990 | For new airframes see Eurocopter AS565SA Phanter |
| SA365N2 Dauphin 2 | 1990 | |
| → AS365 Dauphin 2 | 1992 |