505

Design Authority
Company	Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
Company products	Products or services
Company contacts	Contact Bell

Family Tree
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Bell 505 Jet Ranger X

Type History
Prototype first flight	25 Feb 2015
Production first flight
First entered service

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Forum Proceedings related to the 505

Bell 505 Automation at Final Assembly - Project Octopus

Cédric Roche, Bell Textron

Bell 505 JRX, 250 Aircraft Delivered and Counting!

Patrick Paquin, Yann Lavallee, Bell Textron Canada

Bell Model 505 Fatigue Test Loads Derivation using Flight Test Data Reduction and Convex Envelopes
Maxime Lapalme, Guillaume Biron and Marc Ouellet, Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited

Mission Ready — Completing 505 Jet Ranger X Optional Equipment Kits Development in Time for 1st Deliveries
Thomas Reilly and Nicholas Ward, Bell Helicopter Textron

The 505 Low Vibration Solution
Peter Q. Romano, Michael S. Seifert, Michael R. Smith, Bell Helicopter

Vertiflite articles featuring the 505

Vertiflite, January/February 2021

The Bell 505: The Light Arm of the Law - Frank Colucci

Vertiflite, March/April 2017

Bell 505 JetRanger X Delivers - Kenneth I. Swartz

Vertiflite, May/June 2016

Develop, Certify and Deliver — Development and certification testing of the Model 505 at Bell Canada builds the foundation for customer deliveries of the new light single-engine helicopter late this year - Frank Colucci