Bell Helicopter

Bell Helicopter is an American helicopter manufacturer, part of the Textron company.

History

The company Bell Aircraft Corporation was founded on 10 July 1935 by Lawrence Dale Bell in Buffalo in the State of New York, the name of Bell Aircraft carried the company through its acquisition by Textron in 1960. Bell Aircraft Corp.. was the first company in the USA, which received approval from the helicopter manufacturer. Since then, the company has manufactured more than 35,000 helicopters, of which around 13,000 are still in operation. Headquartered in Fort Worth, there are plants in Amarillo, Texas and Mirabel, Canada since 1987, where in January 2012 the helicopter 4000. Manufactured there left the factory. Around 200 helicopters will be delivered annually. Of these, 62 % military and 38 % are used commercially. The company is in the military sector is the largest helicopter manufacturer in the world. In the civil sector Bell Helicopter is the number two behind Eurocopter.

Helicopter

The model Bell 47 had the distinguishing feature of a fully glazed pulpit, which was called because of their resemblance to a " fishbowl ", in English as " goldfish bowl".

Bell asked, inter alia, the UH -1 Iroquois ( Huey ) ago, which serves to this day as combat, transport and SAR helicopter in many armies. It belongs next to the Mil Mi -8 helicopters to the most built in the world. With the components of the UH- 1, AH- 1 Cobra was in the 1960s, the first real combat helicopter developed. They already had the tandem still used for pilot and gunner, the gunner sitting forward.

In the civilian sector, especially the Bell 206 " Jet Ranger " has become a familiar helicopters (usually called Bell " Triple Two " ) Bell 222 acted as a "super - helicopter " in the television series " Airwolf ".

At Heli Expo 2012, the Bell 525 "Relentless " was introduced, this type is to be the largest civilian helicopter from Bell Helicopter. The helicopter is in direct competition with the AgustaWestland AW189 and Eurocopter EC 175

Tilt-rotor aircraft

Together with the Boeing intended for military use Bell - Boeing V-22 tiltrotor aircraft is produced, developed in a joint venture with Agusta, provided for the civilian use BA609 tiltrotor aircraft.

Types of business entity Fort Worth, Texas Buffalo, New York Amarillo (Texas) Attack helicopter Helicopter Association International Bell 525 Relentless Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Bell 30 Bell 205 Bell 214 Bell 214ST Bell 407 Bell 427 Bell 429 Bell 430 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Bell OH-58 Kiowa Bell-Boeing Quad TiltRotor Bell V-280 Valor Bell P-59 Airacomet Bell P-63 Kingcobra Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Experimental aircraft Bell X-1 Bell X-2 Bell X-5 Bell X-9 Shrike Bell X-14 Bell X-16 Bell X-22 Bell XV-3 Bell XV-15 Bell XP-77 Bell XP-83
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