Bell Helicopter’s Model 206 Jet Ranger is iconic. Around 8,500 aircraft were produced, in multiple civil and military variants. But the company stopped building the five-seat 206B in 2010, to ...

O n this day in aviation history, December 8, 1962, a new type of helicopter, the Bell OH-4A, took to the air for the first time. An entry into an Army competition, the OH-4A would become the ...

The Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter is one of the world’s most popular choppers since its debut in the skies more than 40 years ago. The 1,500-pound helicopters are light and easy to maneuver, … ...

Replacing an icon of the rotorcraft industry was never going to be easy. Since its arrival in the mid-1960s the Bell Helicopter 206 Jet Ranger had dominated – if not invented – the market for ...

Bell calls time on 206 as Jet Ranger X waits in the wings. By Dominic Perry 2017-01-31T19:31:30+00:00. Bell Helicopter has quietly called time on one its longest running and most iconic programmes ...

Upgrade of the fleet set to reduce pilot workload thanks to increased automation; Dubai-UAE:– Horizon, the Middle East’s largest independent helicopter flight training academy supporting commercial ...

A Bell 505 Jet Ranger X has been delivered to the Fort Worth Police Department at Meacham Airport. ... Fort Worth police also operate two Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopters.

The type of helicopter that hit the river and sunk was a Bell 206 Jet Ranger, one of the world's most popular helicopter models at the moment, first flown in January of 1966.

The winning Bell YOH-4, which later became the Bell 206 Jet Ranger, set the standard for light helicopters. But the Hughes OH-6 Cayuse, which also saw extensive military use, ...