Mon, May 24, 2004
Company Delivers FLIR Ship To Fort Worth Police
The ribbon is cut and it's time to
get down to business at Bell Helicopter's new sales facility north
of Fort Worth (TX).
Immediately before the ribbon cutting, a new Bell 206B3
JetRanger was delivered to the Fort Worth Police Dept. Air Support
Unit. The specially equipped aircraft has a Forward Looking
Infrared (FLIR) that provides thermal imaging capabilities that
helps locate people who may be lost or hiding. (Photo image
attached "Air 1 Trinity")
In his comments at the ceremony, Bell Helicopter Chief Executive
Officer Mike Redenbaugh said, "This move will provide our new
matrix Sales & Marketing organization, training academy and
eventually our product support warehouse functions absolutely
premier world-class organization. In addition, there are plenty of
lodging and restaurant facilities nearby to support our many
customers from around the world that train with us."
Also attending and speaking at the event was Fort Worth Mayor
Mike Moncrief as well as Ross Perot Jr. chairman of Hillwood, the
company that owns the land upon which Alliance sits.
The move by the Sales & Marketing group is the first of
three groups that will eventually relocate to the Alliance
Corridor. All moves will be completed by November 1, 2004.
The facility containing the Bell Helicopter Customer Center and
Training Academy has 64,000+ square feet of office space, 82,000
square feet of hanger space and 15,000 square feet of warehousing
space. In addition to the facility, Bell has acquired some property
east of Interstate Route 35W to support flight-training
operations.
The facility is being leased from Hillwood Development on a
15-year agreement. Built in 1999, the building underwent a three
million dollar improvement in 2002. It comes with 400 parking
spaces.
In addition to Bell Helicopter Marketing and the Training
Academy, the facility will also serve as the delivery center and
training school for the BA609 when deliveries begin.
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