10/12: Bell Helicopter to produce 505 Jet Ranger in its Lafayette Assembly Center

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TAKING FLIGHT: The 505 Jet Ranger X will be built in Lafayette. By Erin Z. Bass Louisiana’s established aerospace industry and exceptional workforce training programs have combined to land a production site for a new light, single-engine helicopter designed by a giant of the rotorcraft industry. Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell 
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