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Eurocopter AS355 Ecureuil 2

1992 · Twin-engine turbine helicopter

Factory at FR Marseille

History C/N News
Twin engine variant of Ecureuil. Military variants known as AS555 Fennec 2.

For early airframes see Aerospatiale. From 2014 manufactured by Airbus
blueprints AS355 Ecureuil 2

Derivatives & Versions

AS355F2 Ecureuil 2 Eurocopter built airframes listed here.
AS355N Ecureuil 2 built by: Eurocopter France 2 engines Turbomeca ARRIUS 1A
AS555AN Fennec 2 Early c/n are listed under Aerospatiale AS555AN
AS555SN Fennec 2
AS555UN Fennec
AS555AF Fennec 1992 Mexican Navy embarked variant
AS355NP Ecureuil 2 / TwinStar 2005 The updated AS.
as355 2014 Airframes built before January 1st, 2014 listed as Eurocopter as355 On September 2015, Airbus Helicopters announced that the AS355 production is to continue through 2016 until the existing order backlog is fulfilled and then terminated.

Operators

1984-2001 AT ÖAMTC
1991- FR Armée de l'Air
1991-1995 IL chimnir
1992- AT Polizei
1992- FR Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre
1994-2015 UK National Grid
1997-?? IE Aer Chór na hÉireann
1999- JM Jamaica Defence Force
2003-2008 CL Ejercito de Chile
2010- CH Heli-Alps SA
CA Blackcomb Helicopters
ZA Ultimate Heli