Bell Textron have celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Bell 407’s service entry with the delivery of the 2,000th Bell 407 to White Saddle Air Services a family-owned and operated helicopter company based at Bluff Lake in British Columbia’s Cariboo Chilcotin region.
“The delivery of the 2000th Bell 407 is a tremendous milestone for Bell and for the global community of operators who have placed their confidence in this platform,” said Danny Maldonado, president and CEO, Bell. “This achievement reflects the dedication and expertise of the teams who collectively work together to engineer and build this platform, as well as the customers that use this aircraft to perform everyday missions.”
Ship 2000 is a 407GXi the fourth civil variant of the 407 which entered service in February of 1996. The GXi introduced the Garmin G1000H™ NXi integrated flight deck, providing an all-glass avionics suite that enhances situational awareness, improves navigation and helps reduce pilot workload.
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