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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 206a | 1967 |  N6223N | |
| 91 | 206a | 1967 | N6224N N922NR 9Y-TFY RP-C956 N91PH | |
| 913 | 206b | 1972 | G-BALC | |
| 918 | 206b-2 | 1972 | N42AL N981RL N31AT | |
| 92 | 206a | 1967 | N7897S PI-C1200 RP-C1200 | |
| 923 | 206b-2 | 1973 |  CF-BHI C-FBHI N3202G  0923 | |
| 925 | 206b-2 | 1973 | N72GM G-SHVV  G-GHCL G-SDCI | |
| 93 | 206a | 1968 | N6202N VH-JWE | |
| 937 | 206b-2 | 1973 | N20DB | |
| 94 | 206a | 1967 | N6226N C-GXCX | |
| 940 | 206b-2 | 1973 | JA9116 N888LH C-FZGP C-FZGP | |
| 946 | 206b-2 | 1973 | C-FFVH N29979 C-GTWP C-GTWP | |
| 95 | 206a | 1967 | N2667N | |
| 956 | 206b-2 | 1973 | CF-DYF C-FDYF N3205G 0956 | |
| 958 | 206b-2 | 1973 | CF-DYH C-FDYH 0958 | |
| 96 | 206a | 1967 | N4111G | |
| 962 | 206b-2 | N22PP N613 N3202A | ||
| 967 | 206b-2 | 1973 | G-BARP G-BARP  ZK-IRC | |
| 969 | 206b | N18093 G-BASE G-OCBB G-TUCH 9M-LLT N112WF C-FJYO B-70AL | ||
| 97 | 206a | 1968 | N7845S N7845S G-ICRU | |
| 975 | 206b-2 | 1973 | N89AP G-BARL N96117 | |
| 98 | 206a | 1967 | PI-C1551 RP-C1551 | |
| 980 | 206b-2 | C-FDOI C-FDOI | ||
| 981 | 206b-2 |  JDF H-4 | ||
| 982 | 206b-2 | 1973 | CF-DYL C-FDYL 5B-JSB G-BLGV | |
| 985 | 206b-2 | JDF H-5 | ||
| 99 | 206a | 1967 | N7868S | |
| unknown | 206l-4 | 1993 |  PN-113 | |
| unknown | 206b-3 |  C-08 | ||
| unknown | 206b-3 | HN-301 |
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