Bell 407
The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civil utility helicopter. A derivative of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, the 407 uses the four-blade, soft-in-plane design rotor with composite hub developed for the United States Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior instead of the two-blade, semi-rigid, teetering rotor of the 206L-4.
| Bell 407 | |
|---|---|
| A Bell 407 with the Nassau County Police Department in 2012 | |
| Role | Multipurpose utility helicopter |
| National origin | United States/Canada |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter |
| First flight | 29 June 1995 |
| Introduction | 1996 |
| Status | In service |
| Produced | 1995–present |
| Number built | 1,400+ (Dec 2017) |
| Developed from | Bell 206L LongRanger |
| Variants | Bell ARH-70 Arapaho |
| Developed into | Bell 427 Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout |
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