Airbus Helicopters - AS365N3 Dauphin 2, a SAR (Search and Rescue) helicopter from Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen and hired by the Dutch Coastguard lands at the heliport at the Maasvlakte.
Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen entered into 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.
I took this picture on 8 July 2021.
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…