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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51197 | 206l-3 |  N3203W PT-HTQ | ||
| 512 | 206a | 1970 | N8159J | |
| 51201 | 206l-3 | N119AE | ||
| 51206 | 206l-3 | 1987 | N3205J D-HKLW EI-LHD N140JW G-OGCE N48LS HK-4810 | |
| 51210 | 206l-3 | N3205W LV-WHR HK-4397 | ||
| 51211 | 206l-3 | HK-3312 | ||
| 51213 | 206l-3 | 1987 | N206UM N206CM N170AM N170RC ZS-HGA C9-HAV  81 | |
| 51214 | 206l-3 |  JA9499 N107KK SE-JJU | ||
| 51217 | 206l-3 | N255GT | ||
| 51224 | 206l-3 | 1987 |  VH-ONI JA9706 | |
| 51228 | 206l-3 | 1987 | VH-OZC | |
| 51230 | 206l-3 | 1987 | VH-LEE  SE-JOO N105KK JA9717 | |
| 51233 | 206l-3 | 1987 | CC-PSB PT-HXL HK-4348 | |
| 51235 | 206l-3 |  LN-OBS | ||
| 51248 | 206l-3 | 1988 | D-HHOO N2217V F-GVAP N18GH D-HHAJ N81FC N79PJ | |
| 51249 | 206l-3 | 1988 | N53702 N53702 | |
| 5125 | th-67a | N67234 | ||
| 51250 | 206l-3 | 1988 | N600WP N600WP N806KR | |
| 51253 | 206l-3 | JA9775 N207DS N6184D | ||
| 51256 | 206l-3 | 1988 | N306MP C-FWXF XA-TIJ V2-LFK N92CH  P2-HCG | |
| 51257 | 206l-3 | 1988 |  7T-WUE  C-FDDI | |
| 51259 | 206l-3 | 1988 | JA9774 SE-HVJ | |
| 51260 | 206l-3 | 1988 | C-FDFM D-HEPY HB-ZGB  HB-ZGB N163SC LV-BTJ | |
| 51262 | 206l-3 | 1988 | JA9778 N50KK VH-OSS | |
| 51263 | 206l-3 | 1988 | JA9776 VH-BYJ | |
| 51264 | 206l-3 | 7T-WUF | ||
| 51266 | 206l-3 | 1988 | N404WA | |
| 51267 | 206l-3 | 1988 | N210TV | |
| 51269 | 206l-3 | 1989 | C-FDXV 7T-WUG | |
| 51270 | 206l-3 | 1989 | N608PD N852SS |
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