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Air Force Helicopters Serve White House
See the video at the Pima Air and Space Facebook page.
Support Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Chapter 77 is trying to raise money to build a memorial to honor the men and women that served our country during the Vietnam War.
Bell’s Chief Test Pilot, Jack Woolams at the controls of the first Bell XS-1 Test Flight.
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The X-1-1 was delivered by Bell in December 1945. At the same time, the Army Air Forces asked that NACA personnel oversee the instrumentation and data analysis of the X-1 flights. As a result, an NACA team was incorporated into the program. The first glide flight of the X-1 occurred on Jan. 19, 1946, at Pinecastle Field, FL, by Bell test pilot Jack Woolams. The X-1-1 was air launched from a B-29. Woolams made a total of 10 glide flights to test the X-1’s low-speed handing before it was returned to Bell in March 1946 for installation of the rocket engine. The aircraft was delivered to Muroc in October 1946.
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The Niagara Aerospace Museum provides a great winter venue for the family. Learn about Western New York’s rich aviation and aerospace history, watch free movies in the theater, and fly our simulators. Its always warm inside on the cold winter days.
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Unbelievable facts
Bell P-59A Airacomet - America's first jet airplane. Click here.
On January 5, 1945 – Floyd Carlson performed the first helicopter rescue of jet pilot.
Bell test pilot. Jack Woolams, bailed out of a Bell P-59A Airacomet. The roads were closed due to a snow storm and Floyd Carlson flew a doctor in the
Bell P-63A King Cobra ready for the winter season.
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