TH-57 Sea Ranger

The TH-57 aircraft is a derivative of the commercial Bell Jet Ranger 206. The Navy currently operates 42 TH-57Bs, 67 TH-57Cs, and two configured for RDT&E. The latter, based at NATC, Patuxent River, MD, are used for photo, chase, and utility missions. TH-57Bs provide primary (VFR) training, and TH-57Cs provide advanced (IFR) training, to several hundred aviation students a year at NAS Whiting Field, Milton. FL.

FUSELAGE LENGTH: 31 feet

 OVERALL LENGTH: 39 feet

         HEIGHT: 10 feet

         WEIGHT: empty, 1,595 pounds; 

                 maximum take-off, 3,200 pounds

          SPEED: 138 mph cruise; 

                 177 mph maximum

        CEILING: 20,000 feet, pressure altitude

          RANGE: maximum, 368 nautical miles

    POWER PLANT: one Allison 250-C20BJ turbofan engine

     CONTRACTOR: Bell Helicopter Textron

    MAINTENANCE 

     CONTRACTOR: UNC Support Services