Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Bell Kiowa OH-58 Helicopter
Bill Maloney
1/22/2010

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01 Bell Kiowa Helicopter 02 Bell Kiowa Landing Skid 03 Bell Kiowa Cable Cutter 04 Kiowa Main Rotor Hub
05KiowaElevator 06KiowaTailRotorHub 07BellKiowaHelicopter 08BellKiowaJetExhaust
05 Kiowa Elevator 06 Kiowa Tail Rotor Hub 07 Bell Kiowa Helicopter 08 Bell Kiowa Je Exhaust
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09 Bell Kiowa Helicopter

Bell OH-58A Kiowa Helicopter Specifications:

Other Bell OH-58 Helicopters at other aviation museums in the Northeast
Bell OH-58A Kiowa Helicopter at the Quonset Air Museum Bell OH-58 Kiowa Helicopter at the Canadian Air & Space Museum
A Bell OH-58A Kiowa Helicopter, can be found at the Quonset Air Museum in North Kingston, RI
Another Bell OH-58 Kiowa Helicopter at the Canadian Air & Space Museum in Toronto, Canada
Bell Kiowa Helicopter at the RCAF Museum Bell 206 Jet Ranger  Helicopter At the American Helicopter Museum
Bell OH-58 Kiowa Helicopter at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada A Bell 206 Jet Ranger at the American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, PA
  Bell OH-58 Kiowa Helicopter at the Canadian Air & Space Museum
  Bell OH-58 Kiowa Helicopter at the MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, OH

Fuselage Length: 32 feet 3 inches
Rotor Diameter:
33 feet 4 inches
Height:
9 feet, 6 inches
Crew:
1 +
Weight:
Empty 1,600 lbs Loaded - 3,200 lbs
Max Speed: 138 mph
Cruise Speed: 121 mph
Range: 380 miles
Service Ceiling: 18,500 feet
Fuel Capacity: 91 gallons
Powerplant: Allison T63-A-700 turboshaft 317 shaft hp
Armament:
  None
First Flight : 1967
Cost: $875,000

Here is a Kiowa Helicopter Youtube Video showing the current model OH-58 in action in Afganistan. One more Kiowa Helicopter Youtube video of the OH-58s in action against a Taliban camp in either Iraq or Afganistan. It appears to be taken from a drone at a higher altitude.

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