HH-65 Dolphin (Wallpaper 4) aircraft photo gallery | AirSkyBuster

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HH-65 Dolphin (Wallpaper 4). Photo wallpaper gallery of HH-65 Dolphin SAR helicopter 4. Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircraft pictures and images collection 4. The Dolphin is primarily a Short Range Recovery (SRR) aircraft. There are total of 96 Dolphins in the Coast Guard Fleet. The Dolphin replaced the old HH-52A Sea Guard helicopter. The fleet has home ports in 17 cities on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Hawaii, and the Great Lakes region. The Dolphin is a twin engine helicopter powered by, two Lycoming LTS-101-750B-2 each producing 742 shaft HP. The Dolphin is usually deployed from shore but it can be deployed from medium and high endurance Coast Guard Cutters, as well as the Polar Icebreakers. The Dolphin's main jobs are: search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties (including drug interdiction), polar ice breaking, marine environmental protection including pollution control, and military readiness. When deployed from an icebreaker, the helicopter acts as the ship's eyes, searching out thinner and more navigable ice channels. HH-65 Dolphin (Wallpaper 4). Photo wallpaper gallery of HH-65 Dolphin SAR helicopter 4. Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircraft pictures and images collection 4. They also have the job of airlifting supplies to villages isolated by winter, or transporting scientists to conduct remote research. The minimum equipment requirements exceed anything previously put into one helicopter under 10,000 pounds. The material used to make the helicopter is corrosion-resistant, composite-structure materials. The shrouded tail rotor is also unique to the Dolphin. Another powerful tool that the Dolphin wields is its state-of-the-art communication and navigation equipment. This system provides automatic flight control. At the pilot's direction, the system will bring the aircraft to a stable hover 50 feet above a selected object. The first proposed rotary-wing aircraft under the Integrated Deepwater System [IDS] Program is an upgraded version of the legacy short-range recovery helicopter, HH-65. Redesignated as the Multi-Mission Cutter Helicopter (MCH), the HH-65 will undergo a Service Life Extension Plan (SLEP) that will yield a like-new aircraft. The MCH will assist in the missions of search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties, as well as maritime homeland security missions. HH-65 Dolphin (Wallpaper 4). Photo wallpaper gallery of HH-65 Dolphin SAR helicopter 4. Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircraft pictures and images collection 4.