Bell Helicopter Logs Record Number of Orders Over Past 14 Days.

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DALLAS -- The Helicopter Association International (HAI) wrapped up its Annual Convention today in Dallas, Texas and for Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company it was a record breaking show for helicopter orders. The success of Bell Helicopter at HAI is indicative of the positive growth Bell has experienced recently. Bell Helicopter took orders for 100 aircraft during the three-days of HAI, nearly tripling its number from last year. Coupled with the recent Asian Aerospace show held in Singapore, during the past 14 days, Bell has booked 140 helicopter orders.

"To put this in perspective, at HAI 2005, we had our best show in decades and took orders for 34 helicopters," explained Bell Chief Executive Officer Mike Redenbaugh. "This year we significantly increased that number, continuing to build our backlog. This validates our growth forecast as well as Textron's capital investment in the Bell...

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