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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4356 | 206b-3 | 1995 | VH-CLV RP-C2300 | |
| 436 | 206a |  N2209W C-GDNN | ||
| 4363 | 206b-3 | 1995 |  H8-02/38 N363SJ N363SJ N762LC | |
| 4367 | 206b-3 | 1995 | H8-04/38 N367SJ N367SJ N308LC | |
| 4368 | 206b-3 | 1995 | N8056H H8-05/38 N368SJ B-7603 | |
| 437 | 206a | 1969 |  JA9035 N206KR | |
| 4372 | 206b-3 | 1995 | CX-BQZ N206RW | |
| 4373 | 206b-3 | 1995 | D-HGMS  D-HGMS  HB-ZLO D-HMFB | |
| 4376 | 206b-3 | 1995 | N490WM N499WM | |
| 4377 | 206b-3 | 1995 | N64AB | |
| 438 | 206a | N41EA N41BV | ||
| 4386 | 206b-3 | 1995 | N855M  JDF H-41 N41TL N817WA N827WA | |
| 439 | 206a | N2228W | ||
| 4390 | 206b-3 | 1995 | N408H N99NW N99NW | |
| 4392 | 206b-3 | 1996 | N2BQ | |
| 4398 | 206b-3 | 1996 | N245AR | |
| 44 | 206a | 1967 | CF-PAO C-FPAO ZS-RAU | |
| 440 | 206a | CF-HHJ C-FHHJ | ||
| 44001 | ch-136 |  136201 | ||
| 44002 | ch-136 | 136202 | ||
| 44003 | ch-136 | 136203 N61472  VH-BRD VH-BJX | ||
| 44004 | ch-136 | 136204 71-20869 | EQ-408 | |
| 44005 | ch-136 | 136205 | ||
| 44006 | ch-136 | 136206 | ||
| 44007 | ch-136 | 136207 | ||
| 44008 | ch-136 | 136208 | ||
| 44009 | ch-136 | 136209  MdeG-0601 3060 | ||
| 44010 | ch-136 | 136210 | ||
| 44011 | ch-136 | 136211 | ||
| 44012 | ch-136 | 136212 |
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