11-Apr-2024Source: Fort Worth Texas
City Council on Tuesday evening authorized the Police Department to purchase a new helicopter to replace an aging aircraft that requires frequent maintenance. What it will cost: Purchase price for the Bell 505 helicopter is $2,062,242. A contract with CNC Technologies to upfit the helicopter with police mission equipment is $1,896,049, for a total purchase... Read more
11-Jan-2021Source: Bell
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced the delivery of a Bell 505 to the Fort Worth Police Department. Bell executives and city officials celebrated this delivery at the police department’s hangar at Meacham Airport to mark a 70-year relationship between Bell and Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Police Department currently operates two... Read more
5-Apr-2018Source: HeliHub.com
The Fort Worth Police Department has increased their budget and will be reissuing a bid proposal to replace their aging JetRanger. The helicopter is 22-years old, with 23,000 flight hours under it’s belt. The helicopter is costing the department a lot in maintenance. They applied for the proposal for a new helicopter in 2017 but... Read more
7-Mar-2015
Force landed in a field, no injuries... Read more
