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007 Relations

On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 1969

Villain/henchmens vehicle

Vehicle Bond is passenger in

Diamonds Are Forever - 1971

Allieds/friends vehicle

Live and Let Die - 1973

Villain/henchmens vehicle

The Spy Who Loved Me - 1977

Villain/henchmens vehicle

Vehicle Bond is passenger in

Persuers vehicle

Moonraker - 1979

Villain/henchmens vehicle

Vehicle Bond is passenger in

For Your Eyes Only - 1981

Villain/henchmens vehicle

Vehicle Bond drives

Vehicle Bond is passenger in

Notes

• Appearances
• Facts
• After Filming
• Trivia

Appearances

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The first Bell 206 JetRanger in a James Bond film is seen in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' where it brings James Bond disguised as sir Hillery to Blofeld's hideout 'Piz Gloria' in the Swiss Alps.

Diamonds Are Forever
In 'Diamonds Are Forever' the millionaire Willard Whyte has a JetRanger in his assult team.

Live And Let Die
The JetRanger hunts Bond and Solitare through the Kananga's poppy fields.

The Spy Who Loved Me
Stromberg sends off two sciencetist from Atlantis, just to blow the helicopter up remotely. Later his beautiful pilot Naomi hunts Bond in her JetRanger. Bond escapes turning his Lotus Esprit to a submarine and shoots down the JetRangert.

Moonraker
Here the JetRanger brings Bond to Drax development facility.

For Your Eye Only
In the pre-title sequence Blofeld remotely kills the pilot flying Bond in a 1972 Augusta/Bell 206B. Via radiocontrolling the JetRanger Blofeld tries to kill Bond by flying into a factory.

Facts

Designed in 1961 as entry in the US Army Light Observation Helicopter competition the Bell 206 first flight was in December 1962. The model was re-designed in 1965 for the civilian light helicopter market as JetRanger and first flight was January 1966. Several updates has been made, mainly engine improvements, but also a extended version Bell LongRanger was produced.

Bell Helicopter ended production of the Bell 206B-3 version in 2010. The Bell 206 series was very popular with more than 7000 build.

After Filming

The first JetRanger HX-XCF (8013) was owned by HeliSwiss. In January 1973 it was converted into a 206B Jet Ranger II during. On 22. August 1977 it crashed in the Beni-Slimane area of Algeria, the pilot was forced to land following a sudden loss of engine power. The hard landing damaged the helicopter beyond repair.

The JetRanger DFH-3 (657) was owned by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). It is no longer in service. It was written off on 25. February 1973.

The JetRanger G-BAKS (8339) from For Your Eyes Only crashed in fog 14. November 1997 in Cocking Hill, near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Trivia

The filming of the pretitle-sequence in For Your Eyes Only was undertaken at the Becton Gas Works site in east London on 3 November 1980. The stunt pilot was Marc Wolff.

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Technical Data

• Manufacturer: Bell Helicopters Textron (USA)
• Helicopter: Augusta-Bell 206B JetRanger
• Year: 1967
• Serial number: 8013
• Engine: 420 shp Allison T63-A-720
• Rotor diameter: 10,77 m (35 ft 4 in)
• Fuselage length: 9.93 m (32 ft 6 in)
• Overall length: 12,49 m (41 ft)
• Height: 2,91 m (9 ft 6 in)
• Empty weight: 825 kg (1.818 lb)
• Gross weight: 1.451 kg (3.200 lb)
• Maximum speed: 222 km/h (138 mph)
• Hovering ceiling IGE: 4.025 m (13.200 ft)
• Service ceiling: 5.640 m (18.500 ft)
• Range: 480 km (298 miles)
• Capacity: 2 pilots + 3 passengers
• ID: HB-XCF

Live and Let Die:

• Model: Bell 206B-2 JetRanger II
• Serial number: 657
• ID: JDFH-03 (Jamaica Defense Force)

Moonraker:

• Serial number: 1557
• ID: N5364W Drax Airlines (N59642)

For Your Eyes Only:

• Serial number: 8339
• Year: 1972
• ID: G-BAKS Universal Exports

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Gadgets

• None

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Sources

World Millitary Helicopters, Elfan ap Rees, Jane's Publishing, 1986, page 40/42.
Jane's Modern Military Helicopters, Tim Ripley, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998, page 92.
The Helicopter, Patrick Allen, Airlife Publishing, 1996, page 33/34.

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