By Skies Magazine | March 10, 2014 Estimated reading time 1 minute, 21 seconds.
Bell Helicopter unveiled the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X at Heli-Expo 2014, bringing three mockups of the aircraft — designed for the short light single market — to the show.
“The energy surrounding the return of the Jet Ranger is hard to describe,” said John Garrison, president and CEO of Bell Helicopter. “Customers have been clamoring to get a first look at our new Bell 505, and it was thrilling to reveal not one but three mockups of this beautiful new rotorcraft to a chorus of cheers and applause.”
The industry reception to the aircraft was reflected in the business done at the show — of the 196 customer commitments for Bell aircraft secured at the show, 171 were letters of intent for the new 505 Jet Ranger X.
In the above video, Bell Helicopter’s Chuck Evans, director of marketing and sales support, tells Canadian Skies about the key features of the 505 X — and how the aircraft is progressing towards its ambitious end-of-2014 target for first flight.
