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what is it?
The Bell 214ST is a medium-lift, twin-engine helicopter descended from Bell Helicopter's ubiquitous UH-1 Huey series. Though it shares a type number with the somewhat-related Bell 214, the Bell 214ST is larger and of quite different appearance. Prior to the Bell 525 Relentless, it was the company's largest helicopter.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 49 years ago, in 1977.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.9 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1977-02
- introduced
- 1982
- number built
- 100
- role
- medium-lift helicopter
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Bell Textron
- engines
- 2× General Electric CT7-2A
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 17
- length
- 15 m
- wingspan
- 15.9 m
- height
- 4.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,938 kg
- top speed
- 264 km/h
- cruise speed
- 259 km/h
- range
- 858 km
- ceiling
- 3,170 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q815678, Wikipedia: Bell 214ST (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.