Bell 407

Aircraft Information
> Aircraft Make: Bell Model: 407. Nickname: None?
> Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Helicopter
> FAA Category and Class: Rotorcraft/Helicopter
> Engine Description: single turbine

Aircraft Experience
> As of: 5/1/2025
> Number of Hours Flown: 3
> Number of Times Flown: 2
> Other Aircraft Models Associated: —

First Flown Information
> Sequence First Flown: 191
> Date First Flown: 9/28/2022
> Location First Flown: Fort Worth Meacham Field, TX (KFTW)
> Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: Helicopter Institute (NVG recurrent), Brogan Call

Recollections: My first flight in the Bell 407 was for a recurrent class for Night Vision Devices (NVIS), aka NVG’s.  My self and an FAA FTE did ground school for the helo and a refresher for the NVIS, and then a single night flight.  The 407’s cockpit has a similar feel to the Bell 206, which I’d flown more, but felt more powerful and responsive (owing, no doubt, to the 4 bladed rotor which is “soft in plane” or semi-rigid…very different than the teetering 2 blade rotor on the similar-looking Bell 206).  The NVIS training was excellent.

I flew one more time at Bell Training Academy, for a demo of the Single Pilot IFR version of the Bell 407.

Filed Under: Helicopter176+