On March 13, 2009, an SA365 C2 Dauphin s/n 5009 registered D-HOPE, celebrated 30 years of service for the police helicopter squadron (PHUSt) of the federal state of Lower Saxony. In 30 years, the aircraft has notched up almost 9,000 flight hours. The operator is equally satisfied with its second Dauphin, which has recorded 8,500 flight hours in 29 years of service. Both aircraft are ideally suited to the work of the Lower Saxony police, which took part in operations connected with the recent NATO summit by flying 20 hours of patrol duties with one of its helicopters. “Overall, we are very happy with the reliability of our two aircraft and with the technical support and help we receive from Eurocopter,” declared Police Chief Werner Ritterbusch, head of the squadron’s technical unit.