Bell calls time on 206 as Jet Ranger X waits in the wings
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/a...e-on-206-as-jet-ranger-x-waits-in-the-433690/
Bell Helicopter has quietly called time on one its longest running and most iconic programmes, with assembly of the 206 series due to end in the first half of 2017.
The airframer feels that with the type’s successor, the 505 Jet Ranger X, now in serial production, the moment is right to ease out the 206 line with which Bell pioneered the light single segment.
For those of you wondering, the Bell 206B-3 Jetranger (Whiting's version is the TH-57) has a max gross of 3,200 lbs. The bigger Longranger L4 is a beefier 4,450 lbs. The new 505X is 3,680 lbs
That appears to be the Marina Bay Sands hotel in the background...
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/a...e-on-206-as-jet-ranger-x-waits-in-the-433690/
Bell Helicopter has quietly called time on one its longest running and most iconic programmes, with assembly of the 206 series due to end in the first half of 2017.
The airframer feels that with the type’s successor, the 505 Jet Ranger X, now in serial production, the moment is right to ease out the 206 line with which Bell pioneered the light single segment.
For those of you wondering, the Bell 206B-3 Jetranger (Whiting's version is the TH-57) has a max gross of 3,200 lbs. The bigger Longranger L4 is a beefier 4,450 lbs. The new 505X is 3,680 lbs
That appears to be the Marina Bay Sands hotel in the background...