Bell 206
1962 · Single-engine turbine helicopter
Developed for the 1960s U.S. Army Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) program as the YOH-4, the Bell 206 failed to win the contract. Bell redesigned the airframe and successfully marketed the aircraft commercially. The new design was eventually selected by the military as the OH-57/OH-58 Kiowa series. As of 2012, more than 6,300 Bell 206s, including all variants, had been delivered since production began in 1967.
Bell 206A : Intial production variant powered by Allison 250-C18
Bell 206B : Allison 250-C20
Bell 206B-3 : Allison 250-C20J
Bell 206L : Stretched, 7-seat, Allison 250-C20B
Bell 206L-1 : Allison 250-C28
Bell 206L-3 : Allison 250-C30P
Bell 206L-4 : transmission upgrade
Bell 206LT : twin engine conversions
Bell 206A : Intial production variant powered by Allison 250-C18
Bell 206B : Allison 250-C20
Bell 206B-3 : Allison 250-C20J
Bell 206L : Stretched, 7-seat, Allison 250-C20B
Bell 206L-1 : Allison 250-C28
Bell 206L-3 : Allison 250-C30P
Bell 206L-4 : transmission upgrade
Bell 206LT : twin engine conversions
Derivatives & Versions
| 206 Prototype / YOH-4 | 1962 | The Bell 206 prototype originated as the Model D-250 / YOH-4, developed in the early 1960s for the U. |
| D-250 / YHO-4 | 1962 | Prototype Light Observation Helicopter for US Army competition. |
| 206A | 1966 | First production model of Bell 206 helicopter. |
| 206B Jet Ranger | 1967 | |
| → AB206 | 1967 | Production at 31 December 1997 totalled 910 ( 556 JetRanger IIs, 184 JetRanger IIIs and 170 AB 206A-1 military derivatives ) |
| OH-58A Kiowa | 1968 | |
| TH-57A Sea Ranger | 1968 | |
| 206B-2 Jet Ranger | 1970 | |
| CH-136 Kiowa | 1971 | OH-58A Kiowa in canadian service |
| OH-58B Kiowa | 1972 | |
| → ca-32 kiowa | 1973 | This was a licence-built Bell 206 Kiowa, with the first wholly Australian built airframe rolled out in Mar 1973. |
| 206L Long Ranger | 1974 | |
| OH-58C Kiowa | 1976 | The OH-58C is an upgrade of the OH-58A. |
| 206B-3 Jet Ranger | 1977 | |
| 206L-1 Long Ranger | 1977 | |
| CH-139 Jet Ranger | 1981 | TH-57 trainer in canadian service |
| 206L-3 Long Ranger | 1982 | |
| TH-57C Sea Ranger | 1982 | |
| OH-58D Kiowa Warrior | 1983 | The Bell 406 resulted from the US Army Helicopter Improvement Program (AHIP). |
| TH-57B Sea Ranger | 1986 | |
| 206L-4 Long Ranger | 1992 | Introduced in 1992, the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV was the final and most advanced production variant of the LongRanger family. |
| TH-67A Creek | 1992 | The Bell 206B-3 was the winner of the 1993 US Army's New Training Helicopter ( NTH ) competition. |
| 206LT Twin Ranger | 1993 | |
| → 407 | 1995 | The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civilian utility helicopter. |
| → OH-58A | 2006 | |
| OH-58F Kiowa Warrior | 2012 | The US Army launched the Cockpit and Sensor Upgrade Program (CASUP) to replace the OH-58D. |
Airframes (5183)
| C/N | Model | Built | Reg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 206a | 1966 |  N8560F | |
| 02 | 206a | 1966 | N8590F | |
| 03 | 206a | 1966 | N1300X | |
| 04 | 206a | N1351X N1351X | ||
| 05 | 206a | N7612S C-GTGB | ||
| 06 | 206a | OE-DXZ | ||
| 07 | 206a | N1368X | ||
| 08 | 206a | N1369X C-GQKV | ||
| 09 | 206a | N7944S | ||
| 1 | yoh-4 | 1962 | N73999 | |
| 10 | 206a | CF-RBR | ||
| 100 | 206a | 1967 | N7892S CF_AHZ C-FAHZ | |
| 1000 | 206b-2 | 1973 | CF-PQU  C-FPQU C-FKWB | |
| 1005 | 206b-2 | 1973 |  SE-HPH | |
| 1006 | 206b-2 | 1973 | N83133  1006 | |
| 1007 | 206b-2 | 1973 | SE-HPI OH-HAC | |
| 101 | 206a | 1967 | N7898S C-GNEH N85CA | |
| 1013 | 206b-2 | 1973 |  JA9103 N5789X N727WZ N206SA N206SA | |
| 102 | 206a | 1967 | CF-WPJ | |
| 1025 | 206b-2 | N58011 | ||
| 1028 | 206b-2 | 1973 | N58006 C-GBHF | |
| 103 | 206a | N696MR CF-LES C-FLES | ||
| 1031 | 206b-2 |  PT-HEO | ||
| 1035 | 206b-2 | 1973 | G-BAYA | |
| 104 | 206a | N6200N C-GVTK | ||
| 1045 | 206b-2 | 1973 | N83149 N83149 | |
| 1047 | 206b-2 |  VH-VJH | ||
| 105 | 206a | N165FD | ||
| 106 | 206a | 1967 | D-HABL HB-XGD | |
| 107 | 206a | CF-AHP C-FAHP |
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