Wednesday, 1 December 1976
Friday, 13 August 1976
Bell 222 Prototype Test Flight C/N 47001 N9988K
The first test flight of the bell 222 Prototype C/N 47001 N9988K
carried out on friday the 13th of August 1976 by Donald Lee Bloom and Lou Hartwig
The test took place at the Bell Helicopter Facility in Arlington Texas. Notice she has the T-Bar tail and also the tail boom currently lacks the stabilizers that are normally sticking out the side of the tail section.
carried out on friday the 13th of August 1976 by Donald Lee Bloom and Lou Hartwig
The test took place at the Bell Helicopter Facility in Arlington Texas. Notice she has the T-Bar tail and also the tail boom currently lacks the stabilizers that are normally sticking out the side of the tail section.
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
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| Bell 222 C/N 47001 - N9988K (c) Bell Textron |
Sunday, 13 January 1974
The Bell 222 Demo Shell A.K.A The Model D306
The 26th annual meeting of the HAA (Helicopter Association of America) was held in San Diego, California during the 13th to the 16th of January 1974. At that gathering, the HAA board of directors, including elected W.B. “Billy” Rowe (president of Campbell Air Service Inc) and president of the HAA along with many others got the first look at the bell twin engine concept design.
This is where the public also got it's first glimpse of what would later become the iconic well renowned Bell 222 Helicopter.
As you can see by the following images they later flattened out the design of the proposed engine cover to be less like a Huey cowling
This is where the public also got it's first glimpse of what would later become the iconic well renowned Bell 222 Helicopter.
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| Copyright Bell Textron |
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| Copyright Bell Textron |
As you can see by the following images they later flattened out the design of the proposed engine cover to be less like a Huey cowling
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| Copyright Bell Textron |
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| Copyright Bell Textron |
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| Copyright Bell Textron |
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| Copyright Bell Textron |
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