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Bell Helicopters - Part IV
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1983 : AHIP
The Army Helicopter Improvement Program prototype makes its first flight and
completes tests with a full-up mast-mounted sight.
AH-1T+ Super Cobra
1983 : Bell Helicopter Canada
The Canadian government selects Bell to establish a helicopter industry in that country.
1984 : Bell 406 Combat Scout
OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
1985 : Bell 412SP
Special Performance variant.
1985 :
A four-bladed Bell Cobra research aircraft performs tactical maneuvers without pilot
hand control . The tests are part of the US Army 's Advanced Technology Integration
ARTI program.
The AH-1T+ is redesignates AH-1W.
The Model D292 developed for the US Army 's Advanced Composite Airframe Program
ACAP makes its initial hover flight.
1986 :
The V-22 Osprey after winning a Billion-dollar award fromt the US Navy is approved for
full-scale development by the Department of Defense.
The JetRanger III and the LongRanger III are produced in Quebec, Canada.
The first production OH-58D is delivered to the US Army.
The US Marines take delivery of the first production AH-1W Super Cobra,
1987 :
Bell and Boeing announce the development of the Pointer ,
the world's first
tilt-rotor
unmanned air vehicle ( UAV )
a scaled down version of the V-22
The XV-15 demonstrates civilian applications of tiltrotor aircraft in Chicago and
Washington DC
1988 :
Commercial production of the JetRanger III reaches the 4000 mark.
Bell delivers the 100th helicopter built at the Mirabel Quebec Plant.
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1989 :
Bell announces development of the Bell 230, a significantly improved version of
the popular Bell 222.
Bell flies its Model 680 all-composite, four bladed bearingless rotor system for the
first time on an AH-1W.
1991 : Bell UAV Eagle Eye
Tiltrotor Unmanned Air Vehicle
1991 :
Bell delivers the 500th helicopter built at the Mirabel Quebec Plant.
Continue - Part V
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