Civilian multi-purpose helicopter Bell 407 COBI - Action Town 1:48

You know that:

• The Bell company was founded in 1935 by Lawrence Dale Bell as a fighter aircraft factory.
• In factories near Niagara Falls, aircraft such as the Airacuda, P-39 Airacobra, and later the Airacomet were produced.
• During World War II, helicopters were a marginal affair intended for aviation enthusiasts, and just such was the brilliant designer Arthur M. Young, who built the first fully functional Bell 30 helicopter for the Bell company.
• The machine looked like a banana with a propeller, but it was equipped with all the features that today's modern machines have.
• In 1946, another helicopter was created, called the Bell 47, and this time it was a hit. The successful machine was produced in large numbers.
• The Bell 407 model was not created until the 1990s, based on the requirements of oil companies for a fast means of transport to remote and difficult-to-reach places.
• The first flight took place on June 29, 1995.
• The Bell 407 immediately became a popular machine for rescue services due to its higher carrying capacity and spacious cabin.
• More than 1,600 units have been produced since 1995 and production is still ongoing.
• If you want to buy one, you need to prepare approximately $2,200,000 for the basic version.

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: length 12.7 m, width 2.4 m, height 3.56 m
• main rotor diameter 10.67 m
• maximum take-off weight 2722 kg
• cargo weight 1065 kg
• cargo weight on hook 1200 kg
• power unit Allison 250-C47B turboshaft engine with 606 kW output
• maximum speed 260 km/h
• range 600 km
• maximum flight level 5700 m
• fuel tank capacity 484 l
• fuel consumption 114 - 122 l / h
• number of seats 1+6

Jennifer Murray - pilot Bell 407:

"In 2003, I went on a Polar First expedition with Colin Bodill to fly a Bell 407 helicopter from the North Pole to the South Pole. On 17 December, the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' flight, we lost control of the helicopter due to bad weather and crashed in Antarctica during a snowstorm into the whiteout. We were both injured and broken. We managed to activate the emergency rescue system, which remained functional, and so help reached us after only a few hours. The accident did not break us and in 2007 we were back in the cockpit. In 171 days we flew over 26 countries and reached both poles."