| Bell 407 | |
|---|---|
 A Bell 407 with the Nassau County Police Department in 2012 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Multipurpose utility helicopter |
| National origin | United States/Canada |
| Manufacturer | Bell Helicopter |
| Status | In service |
| Number built | 1600+ (Feb 2023)[1] |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1995–present |
| Introduction date | 1996 |
| First flight | 29 June 1995[2] |
| Developed from | Bell 206L LongRanger |
| Variants | Bell ARH-70 Arapaho |
| Developed into | Bell 427 Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout |
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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
23totalwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Bell 407". Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Couldson, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2010. subscription article, posted September 13, 2010[permanent dead link].