In May of 1945, the Soviet Union received a single Curtiss C-46 Commando for evaluation as part of the Lend-Lease program. Though the aircraft (No.
January 25, 1946, First Flight of the Bell X-1
January 25, 1946, Bell test pilot Jack Woolams makes the first of ten glide flights in the Bell X-1 at Pinecastle Army Airfield, Florida. Woolams was
John W. Williams: Helicopter Flight Instructor of the Year
Congratulations to John W. Williams, Bell Helicopter Test Pilot and Instructor who was recently selected as the Helicopter Flight Instructor of the
December 12, 1953, Bell X-1A hits Mach 2.44
12 December 1953: On its tenth flight, U.S. Air Force test pilot Major Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1A rocket plane to Mach 2.44 (1,621 miles per
First Flight of Bell X-2 Rocketplane
November 18, 1955, Major Frank Kendall "Pete" Everest made the first flight in the Bell X-2 rocket plane. It was dropped from the B-29-derived EB-50.
6 November 1958: Final Flight of the X-1 Rocketplane Program
On 6 November 1958: NASA Research Test Pilot John B. (Jack) McKay made the final flight of the X-1 rocketplane program, which had begun twelve years
A look back at the Bell X-1
Did you miss our recent open house commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Bell X-1 breaking the sound barrier? We weren't the only ones
October 19, 1967 – Agena Engine takes Mariner 5 to Venus
Fifty years ago today, the NASA Mariner V spacecraft flew by Venus, propelled there by a Bell Agena rocket engine built in Niagara Falls. In fact,
WGRZ “Unknown Stories” features Bell X-1
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