Sunday 13 January 1974

The Bell 222 Demo Shell A.K.A The Model D306

The 26th annual meeting of the HAA (Helicopter Association of America) was held in San Diego, California during the 13th to the 16th of January 1974. At that gathering, the HAA board of directors, including elected W.B. “Billy” Rowe (president of Campbell Air Service Inc) and president of the HAA along with many others got the first look at the bell twin engine concept design.

This is where the public also got it's first glimpse of what would later become the iconic well renowned Bell 222 Helicopter.

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As you can see by the following images they later flattened out the design of the proposed engine cover to be less like a Huey cowling

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