Bell 505 to demo at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Posted on 24 Jun 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald

The UK arm of Bell Helicopter has announced it will take its Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter mockup to Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The event takes place on June 29 and gives manufacturers an opportunity to showcase their model range, as well as, featuring demonstrations from F1 rally cars and historic racing cars.

Bell Helicopter’s demonstration model is one of three touring different continents. The blue one is in South America, the red was last spotted at Australia’s Rotortech 2014 and the white model will feature at the UK festival.

The 505 mockup was displayed at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in May and at Heli UK Expo at Sywell, Northamptonshire from June 3 to 4.

Festival of Speed will open on June 26 and run until June 29, timed between two F1 race weekends.

Heli-Charter will also have a Bell 429 on display on Saturday and Sunday.

To visit the festival click here.