Airbus Helicopters AS365N3 Dauphin 2 (OO-NHV).
Airbus Helicopters - AS365N3 Dauphin 2, a SAR (Search and Rescue) helicopter from Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen and hired by the Dutch Coast Guard lands at the heliport on the Maasvlakte.
Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen signed a 5-year contract (extended in 2019) with the Dutch government in 2014. At Marine Vliegkamp De Kooy (Den Helder) and the Pistoolhaven (Rotterdam), Dauphin helicopters are on standby 24/7 for all SAR tasks.
This photo was taken on September 3, 2022 during a calamity demonstration at the World Port Days in Rotterdam.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…