Singapore (March 12, 2024) — Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced the delivery of a Bell 505 helicopter to Honda Airways in Japan. Honda Airways, a subsidiary of Honda Motors, was established in 1964 by Souichiro Honda, the legendary founder of Honda Motors. Today, Honda Airways offers scenic flights using light aircraft and helicopters, Leer másHonda Airways purchases its first Bell 505 in Japan[…]
Mirabel, QC (November 20, 2023) – Bell Textron announced the delivery of the 505th Bell 505 helicopter to North America based operator, Austin Claborn. The aircraft will be configured for corporate transportation. “To mark this historic program milestone, Bell wanted to ensure the 505th delivery was a memorable event for our many employees that have worked on this Leer másBell Helicopter delivers the 505th Bell 505[…]
Mirabel, Canada (Mar. 15, 2023) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced the delivery of three Bell 505 helicopters to the Royal Bahrain Air Force. Bell Helicopter delivered the aircraft during an inspection and acceptance event in February 2023 at Bell’s Mirabel facility. “We are honored to provide the Bahrain Defense Force another premiere Leer másRoyal Bahrain Air Force receives three Bell 505 helicopters[…]
Fort Worth, TX (February 21, 2023) — The Bell 505 completed its first flight fuelled solely by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marking the first-ever single engine helicopter to fly with 100% SAF. Bell collaborated with Safran Helicopter Engines, Neste, GKN Aerospace and Virent Inc. to make this Bell 505 flight possible. Bell Textron Inc. is Leer másBell 505, first single engine helicopter to fly using 100% SAF[…]
Mirabel, Canada (29 Nov. 2022) – Bell Textron delivered the first Bell 505 to BESTFLY, an Angolan aviation company, on 29 November, 2022. The aircraft was handed over during a ceremony in Mirabel. BESTFLY was established in 2009 and today is Angola’s biggest private aviation company, carrying out a range of services, including aircraft management and Leer másBell delivered to BESTFLY the first Bell 505 on West Africa[…]
Cologne, Germany (09 November 2022) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced today the signed purchase agreements with Airbourne for five Bell 505 (four Bell 505s and one Bell 505) delivery in the Baltic region. The signings took place during European Rotors 2022 at the Bell booth. The Bell 505 continues to see Leer másAirbourne purchase Bell 505 helicopters for the Baltic Region[…]
The Bell 505 is one of the most versatile light single-engine helicopters on the market and proves itself as solid option as future military training helicopter, without forget that the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X is a reliable aircraft for a diverse range of missions. Today, there are more than 400 Bell 505s in operation Leer másBell 505: the future of military training helicopters[…]
Prague, Czech Republic (Oct. 12, 2022) — Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced the delivery of the first Bell 505 to a customer in Greece. The helicopter was delivered in August at the Bell Prague Service Center. The aircraft is privately owned and will be operated by Bellavia Ltd. for commercial flights throughout the mainland and Leer másBell announces first Bell 505 delivery to Greece[…]
Singapore (May 17, 2022) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced the selection of the Bell 505 as the new Republic of Korea military helicopter trainer. The new Bell 505 helicopters will be used by both the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) to train their next generation of Leer másRepublic of Korea selects Bell 505 to military training[…]
Mountainflyers began operating Bell’s modern single engine helicopter two years ago, the past mont March their fleet of Bell 505 reached 2,000 flight hours (FH). The company taken delivery of its first 505 in March 2020 and today it operates a fleet of three Bell 505s from three different locations. Thanks to the aircraft’s impressive Leer másMountainflyers reaches 2,000 flight hours (FH) with Bell 505[…]
