Bell Helicopter manufactured the Huey chopper here, and the company is still, along with Lockheed, a major employer.
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Interestingly, the TW-68 is being developed by a team of designers formerly employed by Bell Helicopter, the company that (together with Boeing Helicopter) has been readying the V-22.
While Texas is a right-to-work state, many of the highest paying jobs in the Dallas area are with unionized defense manufacturers like Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin, which produces the F-35 Lightning II fighter at a mile-long plant in Fort Worth.
The Colombian Air Force said that the Bell 212 helicopter was on a transportation mission from Barranquilla to Caucasia when it went down.
The inquiry was told that an administration error meant too many passengers were on board the Kwik Fit-owned Bell Jet Ranger helicopter when it crashed in Scotland.
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The maximum allowable weight at takeoff for the helicopter, a BELL 206B, was 3, 200 pounds, the report said.
She said she returned from holiday 12 years ago to discover the bell had been removed by helicopter and stored by Bristol Port Company.
Texas-based Bell Helicopters is making good progress in its new 525 Relentless large helicopter, which is set to make its first flight in 2014.
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