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Bell Helicopter
Bell Helicopter is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A division of Textron, Bell manufactures military rotorcraft in and around Fort Worth, as well as in Amarillo, Texas, and commercial helicopters in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.
The company was founded on July 10, 1935 as Bell Aircraft Corporation by Lawrence Dale Bell in Buffalo, New York. The company focused on designing and building of fighter aircraft.
In 1960 Bell Aerospace, composed of three divisions of Bell Aircraft Corporation, was purchased by Textron. Bell Aerospace included the helicopter division, which had become the only division of Bell Aircraft Corporation still producing complete aircraft. The helicopter division was renamed Bell Helicopter Company and in a few years, with the success of the UH-1 during the Vietnam War, it had established itself as the largest division of Textron. In January 1976, Textron changed the name to Bell Helicopter Textron.
A partnership between Bell Helicopter and Boeing Helicopters was awarded a development contract in 1983 for the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft.
UH-1 | AB 204 |
AB 412 | 429
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a military helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine, with two-blade main and tail rotors. The first member of the prolific Huey family, it was developed by Bell Helicopter to meet a United States Army's 1952 requirement for a medical evacuation and utility helicopter, and first flew in 1956. The UH-1 was the first turbine-powered helicopter to enter production in 1960 for the United States military, and more than 16,000 have been built since.
The Bell 204 and 205 are Iroquois versions developed for the civil market.
The Agusta-Bell AB 204, or (I)UH-1, a civil or military utility transport helicopter was built under licence in Italy by Agusta.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois, registration 69-15955, built ????, serial number 12243
General Museum Complex, Hue, Vietnam, 28 November 2014
UH-1 | AB 204 |
AB 412 | 429
Agusta-Bell AB 204 (I)UH-1
The Bell Helicopters 204 and 205 are the civilian versions of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois single-engine military helicopter of the Huey family of helicopters. They are type-certificated in the transport category and are used in a wide variety of applications, including crop dusting, cargo lifting and aerial firefighting.
Bell Helicopters designed its Model 204 in response to a 1955 United States Army requirement for a utility helicopter. The 204 was a giant step forward in helicopter design, being one of the first to be powered by a turboshaft. The turboshaft engine radically improved the practicality of the helicopter due to its light weight and high power-to-weight ratio, lower fuel consumption, and lower maintenance and operating costs. The use of a turboshaft in the 204 allowed it to carry a useful payload over respectable ranges and at reasonable speeds, which resulted in the 204 and subsequent 205 becoming the most successful western helicopter series in terms of numbers built.
The Agusta-Bell AB 204 (I)UH-1, a military utility transport helicopter, was built under licence in Italy by Agusta.
Agusta-Bell AB 204B (I)UH-1, registration 220, built 1962, serial number 3010
Den Helder Airport (Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy) (DHR/EHKD), Den Helder, Netherlands, 16 September 2017
Agusta-Bell AB 204B (I)UH-1, registration PH-UEY (ex 227), built 1963, serial number 3035
Aviodrome Lelystad, Netherlands, 30 November 2018
UH-1 | AB 204 |
AB 412 | 429
Agusta-Bell AB 412 Grifone
The Agusta-Bell AB 412SP Grifone is a special performance version (SP) of the Bell 412 from Bell Helicopter, USA. It was built under license in Italy by Agusta.
Agusta-Bell AB 412SP Grifone, registration R-03, built 1993, serial number 25641
Midsland, Terschelling, Netherlands, 22 September 2013
UH-1 | AB 204 |
AB 412 | 429
Bell 429 GlobalRanger
The Bell 429 GlobalRanger is a light, twin-engine helicopter developed by Bell Helicopter and Korea Aerospace Industries, based on the Bell 427. First flight of the Bell 429 prototype took place on February 27, 2007, and the aircraft received type certification on July 1, 2009. The Bell 429 is capable of single-pilot IFR and Runway Category A operations
Bell 429 GlobalRanger, registration HB-ZAP, built 2014, serial number 57174
Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 10 July 2017
UH-1 | AB 204 |
AB 412 | 429
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