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(Agusta) Bell 206B JetRanger
D-HAFY D-HBAD
D-HORG G-BFUX
HA-LFS HB-XPA
N206NT OO-LER
OO-SKE PH-HWH
Bell 206L LongRanger
C-GRLK N5751M
PH-HHK PH-HXH
D-HOPY Bell 206L Long Ranger III c/n 51287 - Heliteam Süd - "Circuit van Drenthe" in Assen, Holland - 24 June 2005 "Circuit van Drenthe"

The Bell 206L1 LongRanger II is a 7-seat light utility helicopter powered by a single Rolls Royce Allison 250-C20B turbine engine. In 1961, Bell developed Model 206 as the OH-4A to meet the U.S.Army requirements. The OH-4A flew first on 8 December 1962. However the Bell OH-4A didn't win the competition, the helicopter was a success as the Bell 206 JetRanger. The prototype of this five-seat commercial model, the Bell 206A JetRanger N8590F, flew on 10 January 1966. Bell received FAA certification for the helicopter on 20 October 1966, and deliveries of the Model 206A powered by a 317 shp Allison C18A engine, started in January 1967. In the early 1970s, production switched to the Model 206B JetRanger II with a 400 shp 250-C20 turboshaft. In September 1973, the development of the LongRanger, a stretched JetRanger was announced. The 206L LongRanger flew first on 11 September 1974 and production started early 1975. The Model 206L1 LongRanger II was introduced in 1978. More than 4800 206Bs and 1700 206Ls have been produced since the introduction of the 206A JetRanger on 13 January 1967, when the first two production aircraft were delivered to customers. Since, Bell has delivered five different generations of the commercial 206 with its 206A/B JetRangers and 206L/L1/L3/L4 LongRangers. Production of the Bell 206B3 JetRanger ended in 2011; production of the Bell 206L4 LongRanger IV ended in June 2017. At the end, the Bell 206 aircraft were produced at Bell Helicopter's facility in Mirabel, Canada.
The ICAO Aircraft Type Designator with Wake Category used to classify aircraft types for the Bell 206L helicopters is B06.

Bell 206L-3 Long Ranger III D-HOPY of Heliteam Sued was photographed at the helipad of "Circuit van Drenthe" near Assen in the Netherlands. During the 75th Dutch TT, Bell D-HOPY was operated as relay-station helicopter for broadcasting duties together with the camera helicopter Bell 407 D-HUTA of Heliteam Süd. LongRanger D-HOPY was registered in Germany in 1989. The helicopter was damaged beyond repair in a crash during sightseeing flights in Westendorf, Germany, on 26 July 2008. The same year, registration D-HOPY was cancelled as destroyed. In June 2015, the damaged hull was seen in derelict condition at Langley Airport in Canada.

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