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Description
| Notes: Prototype initial ENTRY-LEVEL rotary wing aircraft for training army flight personnel. | ||
| Manufacturer: | Bell | |
| Base model: | H-67 | |
| Designation: | YTH-67 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | CREEK | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Helicopter | |
| Status: | Prototype | |
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Performance
Recent comments by our visitors
| David Hatcher Dothan, AL | There was no prototype of the "TH67". The procurement of the Army TH67 was a "off the shelf, non-developmental, commercial procurement" to speed the aquisition process and establish and maintain airworthiness in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulations. Bell Textron provided two demostrators for the "training effectiveness user evaluation" (TEUE)conducted by the Aviation Training Brigade at Fort Rucker and subsequent factory training in Texas. The Army did not buy either demostrator.
The TH67s maintain US registrations and are operated as public use aircraft. They are not leased, they were bought by the US Army. 12/01/2006 @ 11:30 [ref: 14889] |
| Guy E. Franklin Deatsville, AL | The US Army ordered the 206B-3 as a pilot trainer under the designation TH-67A Creek, the prototype as YTH-67, all flying with civil registrations.
In 1984 a highly redesigned twin-engined version of the LongRanger was introduced, the 400 TwinRanger. First prototype (N3185K) flew on July 4, 1984 in the US, the production was to take place in a new Bell facility at Maribel, Quebec. The 400 did not proceed, but a development of the LongRanger became the 407, a concept demonstrator (modified 206L-4) flew April 21, 1994, followed by the first of two prototypes on June 1, 1995, deliveries from the Canadian facility commenced late 1995. By late 2002 over 6600 of all types had been delivered. Type: General-purpose light helicopter Engine: 500 shp Allison 250-C28B turbine engine Rotor: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m) in diameter Length: 42 ft 8.5 in (13.02 m) rotor rotating Height: 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) Disk area: 1,075 sq.ft (99.87 sq.m) Empty Wt: 2,171 lb (985 kg) Max T/O Wt: 4,050 lb (1,837 kg) Max speed: 150 mph (241 km/h) Ceiling: 15,100 ft (4,602 m) Max climb: 1,650 ft (503 m)/min Range: 386 mls (621 km) 10/17/2006 @ 07:30 [ref: 14479] |
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