via Ira G. Ross / Niagara Aerospace Museum
Bell plant designated as historic aerospace site
http://niagara-gazette.com/communities/x1133192393/Bell-plant-designated-as-historic-aerospace-site
First rescue of a Jet Pilot by a Bell Helicopter.
via Ira G. Ross / Niagara Aerospace Museum
Contact: Operations Director Assistant Phone: 716-297-1324 Email: judykirkwood@roadrunner.com THEODORE “DUTCH” VAN KIRK, AVIATION’S FAMOUS NAVIGATOR
Curtiss XP-42 was a modified P-36 Hawk to test a movable horizontal stablizer which was later used in other high speed jet aircraft and rocket planes, ie: Bell XS-1 & North American F-86.
via Ira G. Ross / Niagara Aerospace Museum
3 Bell P-63 King Cobra’s in Russian markings over Niagara Falls. The aircraft were a part of the WWII Lend Lease Program.
via Ira G. Ross / Niagara Aerospace Museum
Bell Aircraft X-1A
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Herbert O. Fisher, Curtiss-Wright Test Pilot -Buffalo, NY 1941
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On Thursday, October 18 the Aero Club of Buffalo and the Niagara Aerospace Museum will be hosting Herb Fisher Jr., son of renouned Curtiss Wright Test