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Eurocopter AS565 Panther

🇫🇷 France ·first flew 1984· utility military helicopter

🚁 helicopter 2× turboshaft ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Marina-Panther-Unitasgold2009: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick Grieco· Public domain
  2. 2. IAF-AS-565: user:Nehemia G· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. Israeli AS565: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Desmond Parks· Public domain
  4. 4. Marina-Panther-Unitasgold (cropped): Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick Grieco· Public domain
  5. 5. Royal Saudi Navy AS565 Panther: Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael H. Lehman· Public domain
  6. 6. US Navy 081116-N-4236E-158 An AS-565MB Panther conducts deck landing qualifications with the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7): U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chad R. Erdmann· Public domain
  7. 7. 17 SA.365N Panther of 35 F based at St. Mandrier (3118003034): Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. A boarding team member fast ropes out of a Royal Moroccan Navy Eurocopter AS565 MA Panther helicopter onto the deck of the Hellenic Navy training ship HN Aris (A-74) May 18, 2012, at the NATO Maritime 120518-N-QD416-073: MC1 Brian A. Goyak· Public domain
  9. 9. F-ZWBG 6682 the first Panther for the Saudi Navy (4729241851): Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. UAEAF AS565 at Dubai Airshow 2021: Mztourist· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Eurocopter AS565 Panther, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick Grieco· Public domain

what is it?

The Airbus Helicopters AS565 Panther (formerly Eurocopter AS565 Panther) is the military version of the Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin medium-weight multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter. The Panther is used for a wide range of military roles, including combat assault, fire support, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, search and rescue, and medical evacuation.

How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 11.9 m main rotor

base stats

  • speed 306 km/htop speed
  • range 827 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 10passengers
  • size 4,300 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 42 years ago, in 1984.
  • Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Rotor of 11.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.

spec sheet

first flight
1984-02-29
introduced
1986
status
still flying
number built
—
role
utility military helicopter
origin
🇫🇷 France
makers
Airbus Helicopters
engines
2× Turboméca Arriel 2C
crew
1
passengers
10
length
13.7 m
rotor diameter
11.9 m
height
4 m
max take-off weight
4,300 kg
top speed
306 km/h
range
827 km
ceiling
5,865 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

↑ Eurocopter AS365 Dauphinparent

Sources: Wikidata Q39613, Wikipedia: Eurocopter AS565 Panther (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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