The prototype of the Bell 206L LongRanger was flown for the first time on 11 September 1974 and, after type certification, deliveries began during October the following year.

The Bell 430 is a stretched and more powerful variant of the Model 230, work on the design beginning in 1991.

Eagle Coptors of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in recent years received STC approval for the conversion of Bell 212s to single-engine configuration and delivered the first conversion to Great Slave Helicopters.

The Model 505 Jet Ranger X was designed as a replacement for the Model 206 JetRanger in the Bell fleet of helicopters, it being class as a clean-sheet design which uses some dynamic components, of the Bell 206L4.

Probably one of the most, if not the most, produced helicopters in the world, the Bell 47 series began when the Bell Aircraft Corporation commenced the development of helicopters in 1941 and flew the first of five experimental two-seat prototypes in 1943, the first being known as the Model 30

The prototype of the Ecureuil (Squirrel) light utility helicopter, powered by a Lycoming LTS 101 turboshaft, was flown for the first time on 27 June 1974. On 14 February 1975, the second prototype was flown, powered by the French Arriel turboshaft. The type subsequently entered production France at an initial

In the 1950s Messrs T G Adams and Paul Wilson in California designed and developed a single-seat light sporting helicopter for private use. After a prototype was completed and tested, they produced plans for construction of the machine, then known as the Adams Wilson Hobbycopter, for sale to amateur constructors.

This light single-seat helicopter was built in the Melbourne suburb of Black Rock and is believed to have been completed in about 1948. It took about two-years to complete and is thought to be, if not the first, one of the first helicopters designed and built in Australia.