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Bell Helicopters - Part V


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August 12, 1991 : Bell 230


1992 : Canada announces the purchase of 100 Bell 412 for its defense forces nicknamed CH-146

US Army conducts a ceremony at Fort Rucker to honor Bell UH-1H Iroquies serial 62-02109 achieving 20.000 flight hours. The aircraft was built in 1962 and was flown in Vietnam for five years before it became a training helicopter at the Army 's Aviation School.

1993 : TH-67 Creek A modified 206B-3, US Army awards Bell an $85 million contract to build 102 new training helicopters to replace the TH-1 Huey
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1993 : Bell 206LT TwinRanger Twin engine version of the 206L-4


1994 : Bell 407 The new light four-bladed single engine helicopter.


1994 : Bell 430. The new Bell 230 had a four-bladed main rotor


1995 : Bell 427. The twin engine version of the Bell 407

1998 : Bell 209 Cobra Lifter . A Civilian Crane variant of the Cobra gunship.

1999, Oct 8 : BA609 Tiltrotor announced

2000, Nov 1st : World 's First Commercial Tiltrotor Academy


2000, Dec 7 : Bell 449 "Super Cobra" ( AH-1Z )


2001, Feb 3rd : Agusta / Bell AB139 announced. A medium twin helicopter, completed its first flight at Agusta’s flight test facility in Cascina Costa di Samarate, Italy.

2001, Dec 21 : UH-1Y first flight


21st Century : Bell Quad Tiltrotor

2002 : Textron has ordered work to stop on the Bell Agusta 609 Tiltrotor

2002, Feb 14 : 3 AB139 flying

2002, March 19 : First 11 MV-22 into production

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