Мировая Авиация 194

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N407LP

21 апреля 1994г. выполнил первый полет демонстратор концепции Bell 407, который рассматривали как замену популярного JetRanger. Конструктивно вертолет был похож на Bell 207, но отличался доработанной хвостовой балкой и расширенным фюзеляжем. К январю 1995 года на него было получено более 60 заказов.

Air International 1996-03 / Airscene

Bell considered the Asia-Pacific market so important that it chose Asian Aerospace ’96 for the public debut of both the 407 (foreground) and the 430.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bell Model 430 - СШАUSA - 1994

Jane's All the World Aircraft 2000 / 2-04 - AIRCRAFT - ROTARY-WING - CIVIL

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N92242

Bell 407 seven-seat light helicopter (1999)

Мировая Авиация 224

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N301LE

Внизу: санитарный вертолет из "LifeFlight Eagle" прибыл на место ДТП, США. Большой объем кабины Bell 407 позволяет использовать вертолет для перевозки больных и раненых.

Мировая Авиация 224

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N801DS

Департамент шерифа округа Volusia County во Флориде использует три вертолета Bell 407 как полицейские и санитарные.

Air International 2023-05 / M.Doran - Beating the Flames

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N196TA

The Sling Dragon can dispense 5,000 ignition eggs at up to 225 per minute
Sling Dragon allows the helicopter to fly higher and faster when over the burn area

Jane's All the World Aircraft 2000 / 2-04 - AIRCRAFT - ROTARY-WING - CIVIL

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N407BT

First production Bell 407 (N407BT) demonstrating newsgathering capabilities with nose and starboard side cameras and searchlight for TV München, Germany (1999)

Мировая Авиация 51

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N138PD

На фотографии хорошо видно обширное остекление кабины полицейского варианта Model 407.

Air International 2013-12 / R.Trevino - Bell 407. Long-lived Utility Success /Commercial/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N407CE   [4]

Air International 2013-12 / R.Trevino - Bell 407. Long-lived Utility Success /Commercial/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N407CE   [4]

Air International 2019-02 / I.Frain - The legacy continues /Commercial/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: C-FIWN

The Bell 407GXi is the latest variant of the Bell 407, of which more than 1,400 have been sold.

Air International 2013-10 / N.Pittaway - Bells on Tour /Commercial/

Bell 407GX

Air International 2013-12 / R.Trevino - Bell 407. Long-lived Utility Success /Commercial/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N407CE   [4]

Авиация и Космонавтика 2014-07 / А.Юргенсон - Helirussia 2014 /Выставки, смотры/

Вертолет Bell 407JX на подвижной платформе HeliWagon

Air International 2019-02 / I.Frain - The legacy continues /Commercial/

Although it looks like other Bell 407s, the 407GXi features a range of improvements spanning the airframe, engine, avionics and systems.

Air International 2012-04 / I.Harding - Heli-Expo 2012

Bell has delivered the first model 407GX helicopter to Mexican air charter company AVEMEX, S.A. de C.V based at Toluca International Airport.

Air International 2013-12 / R.Trevino - Bell 407. Long-lived Utility Success /Commercial/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N407GX

Bell’s 407GX demonstrator N407GX shows the extent of the cabin windows which are 35% larger than the original 407 model.

Авиация и Время 2009-06

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: UR-PTW

Air International 2018-09 / Backpages

FLORIDA-BASED aircraft, spares and maintenance provider Africair has ordered the first Bell 407GXi for Africa, which will be going to an undisclosed corporate customer.

Air International 2006-09 / News: Headline, Military, Civil, Airshow

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N44515

Bell Helicopter completed the first two flights of its new Bell Model 445/ARH-70A Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter prototype, N44515 (c/n 53903), on July 20, 2006 at the Bell XworX facility in Arlington, Texas. Multiple handling manoeuvres were flown, with speeds reaching 80kts (148km/h), whilst the helicopter was flown up to 500ft (150m) and at bank angles of up to 39" during 1 hr 30mins of flight. Bell is now focusing on completing the remaining three test aircraft, N44548 (c/n 53904), N445AR (c/n 53905) and N445HR (c/n 53906). A Limited User Test is scheduled from late 2006 to early 2007, as a requirement to complete the production award criteria, leading onto the first US Army unit being equipped in the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2008 and full-rate production in FY09.

Мировая Авиация 224

ARH-70 Arapaho Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter. После прекращения в 2004 году программы создания разведывательно-ударного малозаметного Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche Армия США приняла решение о замене своих OH-58D новыми вооруженными разведывательными вертолетами (ARH). Компания "Boeing" предложила вариант OH-6, a "Bell" - военизированный вариант 407-го - ARH-70 Arapaho.
В 2005 году "Bell" признали победителем конкурса, был заключен контракт на поставку 368 вертолетов. Построено четыре прототипа ARH-70 (на фото).

Мировая Авиация 224

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N91796   [2]

ARH-70 Arapaho Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter. Один Bell 407 (№91 796, на фото) модернизировали для летных испытаний по новой программе. В 2008 году программу закрыли из-за быстрого роста стоимости.

Air International 2013-05 / News

Bell Helicopters displayed its new 407GT - an armed version of the 407GX - at this year's Heli-Expo in Las Vegas. The GT version is equipped with a Garmin 1000H flight deck with a night vision-compatible instrument panel featuring twin 10.4 x 8in (264 x 203 mm) high-resolution LCD screens, an electro-optical/infrared imaging and designating turret (options are the L3 Wescam MX-15DI or the FLIR Systems 230-HD), a tactical radio suite and a weapons management system. The 407GT can also carry a selection of weapons on Mace Aviation's Extended Range Weapons Wings: up to four AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles; or four 2.75in (70mm) advanced precision kill weapons system (APKWS) laser-guided rockets; or M260 seven-tube 2.75in rocket launchers. The helicopter can also carry two of three types of cannon: the Dillon M13D mini-gun, General Dynamics GAU-19/B 0.50 calibre machine-gun or the HMP-400 machine-gun pod. Bell quotes a list price of $2.9 million (excluding weapons and surveillance equipment) for the 407GT. The first production series example is expected to be available in the second half of 2013.

Air International 2012-11 / G.Martin - Africa Aerospace and Defence

National Airways Corporation (NAC) displayed the Bell 407AH on the type's African debut. The surveillance version is commercially certified and can be armed with seven 2.75-inch M260 rocket pods and a Dillon 7.62mm M134MT mini-gun. Options include chaff and flares, a cargo hook, crew armour and rear sliding doors.

Air International 2013-12 / R.Trevino - Bell 407. Long-lived Utility Success /Commercial/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N407AH

The Bell 407 attack helicopter demonstrator N407AH on the ramp at Alliance Airport, Texas. The aircraft is based at the company’s XWORX facility at Arlington, Texas.

Air International 2020-09 / K.Chapman - Australia's Special Ops on the hunt

Bell says the 407 GXi is "proven and powerful", sharing lineage with the company's OH-58 Kiowa family, which has been a hugely successful platform with air arms across the world, including the US Army.

Air International 2019-02 / I.Frain - The legacy continues /Commercial/

The 407GXi's main rotor has four fibreglass blades and the semi-rigid tail rotor has two blades, while the tail boom integrates the horizontal stabilisers and vertical fin, tail rotor hub and blades.

Air International 2019-02 / I.Frain - The legacy continues /Commercial/

The Rolls-Royce M250 engine powering the Bell 407GXi provides a 4% improvement in range and fuel consumption, Bell says.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 2000 / 2-04 - AIRCRAFT - ROTARY-WING - CIVIL

Bell 407 rotor head (1998)

Авиация и Время 2005-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N91796   [2]

Разведывательный вертолет ARH (Armed Reconnaisance Helicopter), являющийся боевой модификацией гражданского Bell 407

Авиация и Время 2015-02 / А.Котлобовский - Война со Всемирным Халифатом (1)

Отстрел тепловых ловушек с иракского вертолета IA-407.

Авиация и Время 2015-04 / А.Котлобовский - Война со Всемирным Халифатом (3)

Американцы загружают «Белл-407» для доставки в Ирак

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III - СШАUSA - 1991

Jane's All the World Aircraft 2000 / 2-04 - AIRCRAFT - ROTARY-WING - CIVIL

Bell 407 panel, showing standard and optional instruments (1998)

Air International 2013-12 / R.Trevino - Bell 407. Long-lived Utility Success /Commercial/

The Bell 407GX has a glass cockpit featuring two 10.4-inch flat panel high-resolution LCD display screens.

Air International 2013-12 / R.Trevino - Bell 407. Long-lived Utility Success /Commercial/

Air International 2013-12 / R.Trevino - Bell 407. Long-lived Utility Success /Commercial/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N407CE   [4]

The 407’s fuselage is eight inches wider than that of the LongRanger, giving more internal cabin space than the predecessor as shown on Hawker Pacific’s GX demonstrator N407CE.

Авиация и Время 2009-06

Jane's All the World Aircraft 2000 / 2-04 - AIRCRAFT - ROTARY-WING - CIVIL

Bell 407 cabin interior (1998)

Авиация и Время 2015-02 / А.Котлобовский - Война со Всемирным Халифатом (1)

Иракский IA-407, сбитый боевиками. Осень 2014 г.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 2000 / 2-04 - AIRCRAFT - ROTARY-WING - CIVIL

Bell 407 seven-seat light helicopter (1997)