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bell 407

Derived from 206

1995

Model History:

The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civilian utility helicopter. It is based on the Bell 206L-3 LongRanger but with the rigid rotor with composite hub that was developed for the United States Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior

News about this Model:

30-Apr-12 - Bell Helicopter Delivers First 407GX in Canada ( Newfoundland Helicopters )

12-Feb-12 - Bell Helicopter Delivers First 407GX ( 407GX )

28-Nov-11 - Bell 407GX Earns EASA Certification ( 407GX )

31-Aug-11 - FAA approves Aeronautical Accessories, Inc. kits for Bell 407

16-Dec-10 - Fire-X Completes First Unmanned Flight ( Fire-X )

15-Jun-10 - Bell 407 reaches historic mark: 1,000th aircraft

03-May-10 - Northrop Grumman & Bell to develop VUAS Fire-X ( Fire-X )

29-Apr-09 - Bell 407 for Iraqi Air Force via FMS ( Al Quwwa al Jawwiya al Iraqiya )

17-Oct-08 - ARH program halted ( ARH-70 Arapaho )

01-Nov-07 - ARH Program Exceeds 1,000 Flight Hours in 15 Months ( ARH-70 Arapaho )

10-May-07 - ARH-70A Continues Development ( ARH-70 Arapaho )

20-Jul-06 - ARH-70A First Flight ( ARH-70 Arapaho )

29-Jul-05 - Bell awarded Army contract to build 368 ARH ( ARH-70 Arapaho )

24-Jun-05 - Bell submits bid for US Army ARH program ( ARH-70 Arapaho )

Model Specifications:


Engine:		1 x Allison 250-C47 700shp
Capacity:		1 + 6

Length: (m)		12.7
Height: (m)		3.56

Blades:		4
Rotor diam.: (m)		10.67
Disc area: (m2)		89

Weight: (kgs)		Empty: 1210 Max: 2722

Speed: (km/h)		Cruise: 246 Max: 260
Range: (km)		598

Ceiling: (m)		5698
Rate/Climb: (m/min)

Derivatives and Versions of this model:

Model	Year	History
427	1997

ARH-70 Arapaho	2006	The Bell 445, military designation ARH-70A Arapaho, was designed for the US Army Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program in order to repl ...

Fire-X	2010	Fire-X is a Vertical Unmanned air System ( VUAS ) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Bell Helicopter. It is based on a Bell 407 airfra ...

407GX	2011	The GX features a Garmin G1000 H-model glass cockpit along with superior avionics and improved flight controls. Innovative suite also includes f ...

N-G MQ-8C Fire Scout	2012	Based on the Bell 407 Fire-X provide greater endurance, range and payload capacity than the previous MQ-8 A/B variants

Organisations / Units with this Model:

From	Del'd	Rotary wing aircraft units (bold=current)			Bases/Heliports
1997/now	1	White Eagle Aviation
			1997/now	White Eagle Aviation	Warszawa (Warsaw) - Okecie 1993/now
2001/now	1	Fuerza Aerea Salvadoreña

2002/now		Servicio Nacional Aeronaval

2004/now	1	blue canarias helicopters

2007/now	4	Jamaica Defence Force
			2007/now	JDF Air Wing	Kingston / Up Park Camp 1963/now
2009/now		Al Quwwa al Jawwiya al Iraqiya

2012/now		bangladesh biman bahini

2012/now		Newfoundland Helicopters

Construction Numbers on database of 407 or its versions

37	407
2	407GX
5	ARH-70 Arapaho

13		private owner/unknown
2		Gobierno de Salta - Salta Province Government
1		Gobierno del Chaco - Chaco Province Government
5		Alpine Helicopters
2		Bell Helicopter Textron
1		Canadian Helicopters
1		INAER Chile
1		Blue Sky Service
1		Heeresflieger - German Army Aviation
1		SAF Helicopteres - Secours Aérien Français
4		Jamaica Defence Force - Jamaica defence force
1		Shin Nihon Helicopter
1		Gobierno de Mexico
1		Government of Namibia
1		Servicio Nacional Aeronaval - national air naval service
1		Servicios Aereos De Los Andes Sac
1		White Eagle Aviation
1		Fuerza Aerea Salvadoreña - Air Force of El Salvador
1		Air Methods
9		Bell Helicopters
1		Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
1		Life Flight Network
1		Papillon Airways
1		PHI Inc
1		polisie - police

Construction Numbers of this Model:	Help Us

C/N	Built as	Year	History
53051		1996	N1119J : Bell toward SP-FDN SP-FDN : White Eagle; 27+28aug11 Radom air show
53052			ZS-RIC : Police; to VH-HRR VH-HRR : Ambulance NSW Westpac, Australia; ex ZS-RIC; to ZK-HNY
53059			C-GALG : Alpine Helicopters; sep08 homeport
53070			N57416 : 1997-2001 C-FNOB : Alpine Helicopters; ex N57416
53075		1996	C-FZKJ : to N96335 N96335 : L.A.P.D. from 1998? to 2004 N108SD : SHERIFF from 2004 N108SD : Sonoma County Sheriff
53081			V5-HKD : del Govt of Namibia as V5-HKD, unk
53115			C-FALA : Alpine Helicopters
53152			PT-YUM : Castle Air Taxi Aereo Brazil; 23feb01 Batalhao Florestal de Sao Goncalo, RJ perform autorotation, pilot injured C-GYAA : Alpine Helicopters
53169		1997	OE-XRK Knaus : ex HB-XJX 76+60 : HEER c/n 1712/C383; Aug12 pictured with AG51 badge as i/a at flugplatz Husum-Schwesing
53271			C-FALF : Alpine Helicopters C-FALF : sep08 homeport
53281		1998	N509MT : Med-trans Corp from 2003; ex N2022Y; Avera St.Lukes Careflight ambulance w/o 14apr12 Aberdeen, SD
53294			F-GLHT : SAF; to P2-HCR
53315		1998	N28PJ : canc 20dec10; to C-FAVI C-FAVI : Canadian Helicopters Mar11; ex N28PJ
53343		1999	LV-ZPF : Salta province HEMS; Bell serial N8105Q; 2004 replaced by 412EP and back to Bell N91796 : arh-70 Bell Helicopters 2005; ex LV-ZPF; conv to ARH-70 prototype f/f 03jun05 N91796 : Fire-X Bell/Northrop Grumman; conv to Fire-X UAV; 10dec10 pictured (bot) on f/f at Yuma, AZ
53346		1999	LQ-ZPR : Chaco Province Gov; Bell serial N8103E; Police, VIP and HEMS ( SAS, Servicio Aereo Santiario ) ; 19sep11 pictured at Rosario
53369		1999	XC-ZIT gobierno del estado de michoac :
53445		2000	N408AM : Air Methods
53496			110 : Panama d/d 2002; Bell serial N9180Q
53508			N2036X : Bell toward YS-10001N YS-10001N : FAS ex N2036X
53560		2003	XC-SPC : Mexico; Bell serial N7079C; Estado de Veracruz
53567		2003	N407PA : Papillon Helicopters
53612		2004	OK-ALB : Blue Sky; ex N407CE
53629		2004	LV-BBP : Salta province; Bell serial N42077; ex LQ-BBP
53657		2004	XA-SKY stam :
53669		2005	LV-BEF : CondorWay Helicopteros, Argentina; Bell serial N1002F
53697		2006	C-DEXW : Bell Canada toward N407DG N407DG : LVMPD from 2006 ex C-FEXW
53716		2006	JDFH-30 : JDF d/d 09mar07; ex N716DF
53719		2006	N407LF : Lifeflight; to N911KX N911KX : Mercy One, Iowa 2009; ex N407LF
53721		2006	JDFH-31 : JDF d/d 09mar07; ex N721DF; w/o 04jul07 at Up Park Camp
53727			CC-CIU : INAER; ex C-FLFC; 2012 on Rally Dakar Argentina/Chile/Peru
53732			OB-1854-P : Servicio Aereo de los Andes; ex N3060C
53746			JA6407 : Shin Nihon Helicopter; ex N50829
53820			JDFH-32 : JDF d/d 11aug08; ex N95330
53827			JDFH-33 : JDF d/d 11aug08; ex N1133B
53869			N407HL : Teton County Sheriff Office (TCSO); Ambulance; w/o 15feb12 impacted trees and terrain in Bridger Teton National Forest, Moran Junction, Wyoming. 1 killed, 2 severly injured
53891			N435PH : PHI Inc
53903	arh-70	2006	N44515 : Bell ARH-70 prototype
53904	arh-70	2006	N44548 : Bell ARH-70 prototype
53905	arh-70	2006	N445AR : Bell ARH-70 prototype
53906	arh-70	2006	N445HR : Bell ARH-70 prototype
54053		2011	C-GKHB : Bell Textron
54300	407gx		N407GX : Bell Helicopters
54315	407gx	2012	OO-EMT : Jan Construct/HeliPlus, Belgium
81001	arh-70		N445LN : ARH-70; sold to civ?

44 C/N found.



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