Aerospatiale SA365F

The SA365F was developed as a military variant of the AS365N. Its roles included Search and Rescue, Fishery Surveillance and anti-ship weapons platform. Eight were operated by the French Navy and twenty were delivered to the Royal Saudi Air Force. Five were delivered to the Irish Air Corps in 1986 as the SA365F2 equipped with Bendix RDR L500 search radar.  An ex-Irish Air Corps example is shown below.

N365SH                  c/n 6202                     France

12 seat helicopter first flown in 1982

Engines: 2x 700shp(522kW) Turbomeca Arriel 1M                                                                        Length: 39’8”(12.11m)                                                                                      Height: 13’1”(3.98m) Rotor diameter: 39’2”(11.93m)                                                                                        No.built: 33+
Range: 537miles(865km)                                                                Cruising speed: 177mph (285kmh) Empty weight: 4788lb(2172kg)                                              Maximum take-off weight: 9039lb(4100kg)

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