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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51478 | 206l-3 | 1990 | VH-PGV  VH-PGV N17237 | |
| 51479 | 206l-3 | 1991 |  C-FKJZ | |
| 51482 | 206l-3 | 1991 | C-FKPY  JA6099 VH-ANC | |
| 51483 | 206l-3 | 1991 | VH-HTU | |
| 51484 | 206l-3 |  N4196G  9M-AZK | ||
| 51488 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N255EV C-FAWC C-FAWC N705DS HK-5189 | |
| 51490 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N256EV  XC-JCL N345RS N146SP N1468P XB-RAQ | |
| 51492 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N17238 | |
| 51494 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N8590X N221PH N60VG N60VG | |
| 51496 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N257EV ZS-RBS Z-SCA | |
| 51498 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N3108E N3108E CC-AQG  CX-MIG | |
| 515 | 206a | 1970 | N67AR | |
| 51508 | 206l-3 | 1991 | C-GCHG N8592X N8592X | |
| 5151 | th-67a | N67432 | ||
| 51510 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N283BH | |
| 51512 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N3107N N3107N | |
| 51514 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N206MY N514RL N514RL | |
| 51515 | 206l-3 | 1991 | D-HWPM F-GIRK N2175J  CC-ADR | |
| 51519 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N31073 N206KH SP-GLM VH-VTU | |
| 51521 | 206l-3 | N3181F CS-HCF N88947 CC-CIT LV-WTO HP-1342 HK-4276X | ||
| 51522 | 206l-3 | 1991 | PT-HXO | |
| 51525 | 206l-3 |  FAC3125 HK-3727 | ||
| 51527 | 206l-3 | 1992 | FAC3126 HK-3726X HK-4149X N30KH N30KH HK-4936 | |
| 51530 | 206l-3 | N269AE | ||
| 51533 | 206l-3 | 1991 | TC-HES VH-IRE P2-SHA | |
| 51535 | 206l-3 | N17592 | ||
| 51536 | 206l-3 | 1992 | N4375D  PT-HKW PP-ELA | |
| 51538 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N66LR HK-4462 | |
| 51540 | 206l-3 | 1991 | N231PH | |
| 51544 | 206l-3 | 1991 | C-FMDY  SE-HVK N6195A ZS-RDS N6133C N6133C |
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