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The Bell 47 is a single-rotor single-engine light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It was based on the third Bell 30 prototype, which was the company's first helicopter designed by Arthur M. Young. The 47 became the first helicopter certified for civilian use on 8 March 1946.
The Sioux is a single-engine single-rotor three-seat observation and basic training helicopter. In 1953 the Bell 47G design was introduced. It can be recognized by the full "soap bubble" canopy (as its designer Arthur M. Young termed it), [7] exposed welded-tube tail boom, saddle fuel tanks and skid landing gear.
In March 1957 two Bell 47Js were bought by the United States Air Force as presidential transport and designated H-13J. [1] On 13 July 1957 a H-13J was the first helicopter used by a United States president when it carried Dwight D. Eisenhower from the White House. [1]
Bell 30; Bell 47; Bell 47J Ranger; Bell Model 65; Bell 201; Bell 204/205; Bell 206; Bell 207 Sioux Scout; Bell 212; Bell 214; Bell 214ST; Bell 309 KingCobra; Bell 400 TwinRanger; Bell 407; Bell 412; Bell 427; Bell 429 GlobalRanger; Bell 430; Bell 505 Jet Ranger X; Bell 525 Relentless; Bell 533
Bell Agusta Aerospace Company (BAAC) was a joint venture formed in 1998 by Bell Helicopter and Agusta (now AgustaWestland), who collaborated on a variety of products dating back to 1952. The joint venture was dissolved in 2011, when AgustaWestland took full ownership of the project, renaming it as the AgustaWestland Tilt-Rotor Company ( AWTRC ).
Continental Copters was a US helicopter remanufacturer established by John L Scott in Fort Worth, Texas in 1959. The company's most significant product was the remanufacturing of Bell 47 airframes as specialised, single-seat agricultural aircraft as the El Tomcat. Continental Copters also assembled stock Bell 47s from spare parts.
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The Bell 207 Sioux Scout is a modified Bell 47 helicopter, developed by Bell Helicopter under contract from the United States Army, as a proof-of-concept demonstrator for the Bell D-255 helicopter gunship design, featuring a tandem cockpit, stub wings, and a chin-mounted gun turret.