On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:00 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought I saw a 206 among the models. > > I know the full size one pictured was the military version. FWIW the 206 is > mainly a Kiowa NOT in OD paint, with slightly nicer seats & avionics. > > Bell lost out on the LOH competition to the Hughs 300 (OH-6 Cayuse), and > developed their LOH prototype into the 206A. > > The LOH competition was reopened when Hughs had problem meeting production > schedules & Bell resubmitted the 206A which was adopted by the Army as the > OH-58A Kiowa. > > Not sure how much difference there is in the engine compartment. The OH-58 > got a stronger engine at first, but I think they eventually upgraded the 206 > to the same engine. > > I'm not sure but that a lot of the civilian 206s might be surplussed OH-58s. > Not the D models though, although the new rotor system does appear on the > civilian version in the model 407 (long-ranger derivative). > > When I first joined the National Guard in 1975, I was part of an aviation > unit. They had just transitioned from H-23 Ravens & L-19 Bird dogs to the > OH-58 & UH-1. > > They still had 2 U6A Beavers in inventory, for hauling generals around - > soon after replaced by a military version Cessna 310 and eventually a > military version Beech Queen Air. > > They currently use either a C-12 Huron or a C-26 metroliner for hauling > brass. >
Very few 206's will be surplused OH-58's, the 206 production numbers were far, far higher and the Kiowa's mostly got handed off to Law Enforcement. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
