On October 14, 1947 Capt. Charles E. Yeager flew the Bell X-1 through the sound barrier ushering in a new era of flight test research. The
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October 1 is the 73rd anniversary of Americas first Jet Fighter, the Bell P-59A. Bell’s chief test pilot Robert M. Stanley took the aircraft up on its first flight becoming America’s first jet pilot. Come to the museum and see historic artifacts and a video on the P-59 Airacomet.
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P-39 Tumble and Spin Test WW2 Film
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Bell P-39 Airacobra Live Fire Practice (1941)
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Eighty-six years ago today at Mitchel Field, NY, Army Lt. James H. Doolittle became the first pilot to use only instrument guidance to take off, fly a set course, and land. The aircraft used was a Consolidated N2Y built in Buffalo, New York.
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The book signing was a great success. We were fortunate to have family members from two of Consolidated Aircraft Buffalo Division test pilots in attendance. Phil Warner son of Clinton P. Warner and Grace Sauer, daughter of William P. Wheatley.
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