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Bell Helicopter’s Prague facility supports installation

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Mar 4^th 2015 |

Bell Helicopter, announced today at Heli-Expo the company’s Prague facility has begun installation on the first Bell 429 to be outfitted with Mecaer Aviation Group’s (...

Bell Boeing Training System Readies Marine Pilots for High-Profile Mission

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Feb 11^th 2015 |

The V-22 team of Bell Helicopter and Boeing recently delivered two MV-22 Osprey flight training simulators to the HMX-1 Presidential Airlift Squadron, enabling Marine ...

Osprey Fleet Reaches Quarter of a Million Flight Hours

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Dec 15^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the revolutionary Bell Boeing V-22 fleet of tiltrotor aircraft has recently passed the 250,000 flight hour mil...

Bell Boeing Demonstrates Successful V-22 Osprey Forward-Firing Capability

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Dec 8^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced the successful demonstration of forward-firing capability for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The exercise took place l...

Bell Helicopter Completes Final Delivery to Pennsylvania State Police for Six Bell 407GXs

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Nov 24^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the final delivery of the sixth Bell 407GX to the Pennsylva...

Bell Helicopter Announces Sale of Bell 412EP to Nishi Nippon Airlines

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Nov 17^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, today announced the sale of a Bell 412EP to Nishi Nippon Airlines Co., Ltd. The sale is the first conducted through Bell Heli...

Bell Helicopter Bell 505 Jet Ranger X completes first Flight with Turbomeca’s Arrius 2R

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Fri, Nov 14^th 2014 |

Turbomeca (Safran) is proud to be part of the Bell Helicopter Bell 505 Jet Ranger X first flight with its new Arrius ...

First Bell 429 sold to Europe with interior made by Mecaer Aviation Group

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Oct 14^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announces it has made the first Bell 429 Wheeled Landing Gear (WLG) sale in Europe. The aircraft will also be outfitted with ...

Bell Helicopter chooses GE Aviation for V-280 Valor engine

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Oct 13^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today GE Aviation’s T64-GE-419 engine will power the Bell V-280 Valor demonstrator aircraft. The Bell V-280 Valo...

Bell Helicopter to showcase V-280 Valor mockup

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Oct 9^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, will showcase the full scale Bell V-280 Valor mockup at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting and exposition, held at Walter E. Washington Convention...

Bell Helicopter makes first VIP Bell 429 delivery in France at Monaco Yacht Show

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Sept 25^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company announced Heli-Securite has taken delivery of the first VIPBell 429 in Franc...

Bell Helicopter Breaks Ground on New Bell Helicopter Lafayette Aircraft Assembly Facility

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Fri, Aug 29^th 2014 |

Bell Helicopter commenced construction of its facility in Lafayette, LA, where the company will assemble its newest c...

Bell Helicopter Delivers First Two of Six Bell 407GXs to the Pennsylvania State Police

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Jul 23^rd 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the delivery of the first two of six Bell 407GX helicopters ...

Bell Helicopter: Purchase Agreement for Two Bell 407 GX Helicopters

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Jul 3^rd 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced it has signed a purchase agreement with Henan Yongxiang General Aviation LTD for two new Bell 407GXs. The aircraft w...

Bell Helicopter Opens New Italian Branch

HELICOPTERS | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Jul 1^st 2014 |

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the opening of a new branch in Milan, Italy. Effective immediately, Roberto Farnese will assume the role of Regional Sales Manager (RSM) in of the new office, r...