Bell 206
Sign in to saveAlso known as 206, JetRanger, LongRanger, TwinRanger, CH-139, TH-57, Sea Ranger, TexasRanger
1962 utility helicopter family by Bell
Key facts
- Type
- Multipurpose utility helicopter
- National origin
- United States / Canada
- Manufacturer
- Bell Helicopter
- Status
- In service
- Number built
- 7,300
- Manufactured
- 1962–2017
- First flight
- December 8, 1962 (206) , January 10, 1966 (206A)
- Developed from
- Bell YOH-4
- Variants
- Bell OH-58 Kiowa , Bell 407
- Developed into
- Bell 400 TwinRanger
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 10.16
- Image
- LAPD Bell 206 Jetranger.jpg
- Height
- 2.8
- Length
- 9.5
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- Bell 206
- first flight
- 1962-12-08
- maximum operating altitude
- 4100
- total produced
- 7300
- military designation
- Hkp 6
- vehicle range
- 700
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The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec, plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter program, it was not selected by the Army. Bell redesigned the airframe and successfully marketed the aircraft commercially as the five-place Bell 206A JetRanger. The new design was eventually selected by the Army as the OH-58 Kiowa.
Bell also developed a seven-place LongRanger, which was later offered with a twin-engined option as the TwinRanger, while Tridair Helicopters offers a similar conversion of the LongRanger called the Gemini ST. The ICAO-assigned model designation "B06" is used on flight plans for the JetRanger and LongRanger, and the designation "B06T" is used for the twin-engined TwinRangers.