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 |
SA365 Dauphin 2 News |
US Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City 25th Anniversary
15-Jun-23 - US Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City established in 1998 after Brooklyn and Cape May stations merged. The southern New Jersey-based helicopter crews have flown over 7,000 search and rescue missions having accumulated more than 180,000 flight hours #AtlanticCity
New Weather Radar for USCG MH-60 and MH-65 Helicopters
12-Apr-23 - US Coast Guard’s MH-60 Jayhawk and MH-65 Dolphin helicopters will be upgraded with Honeywell’s IntuVue RDR-7000 weather radar system #Weather
Southern Maryland Trooper 35th Anniversary
21-Jul-22 - On July 1987, the Maryland State Police Aviation Command (MSPAC) established “Trooper 7” to serve the Southern Maryland region. Originally located at Patuxent Naval Air Station, relocated to St Marys Airport in 1992 #Maryland
Imaging Sensor Service for US Navy, Marines and USCG
14-Feb-22 - Teledyne FLIR Defense awarded $43.9M indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to service electro-optical sensor systems used for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) by US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard #ISR
Last Ever Dauphin Goes to Spanish Customs
22-Jan-22 - Airbus delivered the last AS365 Dauphin manufactured in Marignane, France. 1100 helicopters of this family have been produced over the past 40 years flying 7 million hours in 70 different countries #Dauphin| More News ... |  |
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Derivatives & Versions of SA365 Dauphin 2 |
| Model | Year | History |
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| SA365C Dauphin 2 1977 | 1977 | First twin-engined version of the SA360 Dauphin first announced in 1973. First flight January 24, 1975 with deliveries started in December 1978 a ... |
| SA365C1 Dauphin 2 1979 | 1979 | Powered by Arriel 1A1 engines |
| SA365N Dauphin 2 1979 | 1979 | Powered by 2 Arriel 1C engines, introduced a retractable tricycle landing gear. Also compared to previous SA365C has enlarged tail surfaces, a ... |
| HH-65 Dolphin 1980 | 1980 | |
| SA365C2 Dauphin 2 1980 | 1980 | powered by Arriel 1A2 engines |
| SA365F Dauphin 2 1982 | 1982 | |
| AS565AA Panther 1984 | 1984 | Aerospatiale AS565AA Phanter assembled in Brazil by Helibras |
| SA365N1 Dauphin 2 1984 | 1984 | 2 Turbomeca Arriel 1C1 turbo-shaft engine  |
| SA365F1 Dauphin 2 1988 | 1988 | |
| AS565SA Panther 1990 | 1990 | For new airframes see Eurocopter AS565SA Phanter |
| SA365N2 Dauphin 2 1990 | 1990 | |
 Harbin Z-9 1990 | 1990 | |
| EC AS365 Dauphin 2 1992 | 1992 | For early airframes please see Aerospatiale SA365
In 2011 Eurocopter announced development of the Dauphin replacement, codenamed X4
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