Bell 505 Aiming for Mid-2016 Certification
Company plans to produce 200 of the light turbine singles per year by 2018.
Three Bell 505s, including this purple-colored flight-test vehicle 3 (FTV3), have logged 485 flight hours and another 115 on the ground. FAA certification of the new light-single helicopter is expected in the first half of 2016. (Photo: Bell Helicopter)
Three Bell 505s, including this purple-colored flight-test vehicle 3 (FTV3), have logged 485 flight hours and another 115 on the ground. FAA certification of the new light-single helicopter is expected in the first half of 2016. (Photo: Bell Helicopter)