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January 22, 2013

David Earle Dunlap, he became Chief Engineer for G. Elias & Bros. from 1920-1925. Here he won 1st place in design competitions for this company with his advanced designs for the Army, Marines and Mail services. At the same time, he won 2nd place from the Navy. His bonus for this was $25,000.00. He was sole designer and took charge of the Elias EM-2 Expeditionary planes. He was responsible for the fuselage design on the NBS-3 bomber, which was the second largest bomber built to that date. He did all the original design on the Elias M-1 Mail plane. Was in charge of this plane from the drawing board, through production and field acceptance by the Trials Committee. This airplane would incorporate many design innovations. He also helped design the first true Amphibian Airplane and the first Army Trainer to have a radial engine.

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January 20, 2013

Curtiss SB2C “Helldiver” attack aircraft revs up its engine on board a “Casablanca” class escort carrier. 1943

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January 19, 2013

Rare World War II Bell Aircraft Corp. police badge.

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January 18, 2013

Today in 1932: Capt. R. C. Moffett flew his Curtiss XP-6D between Wright Field, Ohio and Bolling Field, D.C., averaging 270 mph to complete a record speed flight.

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January 14, 2013

Artist rendering of the Bell The X-1C (serial 48-1387) was intended to test armaments and munitions in the high transonic and supersonic flight regimes. It was canceled while still in the mock-up stage, as the birth of transonic and supersonic-capable aircraft like the North American F-86 Sabre and the North American F-100 Super Sabre eliminated the need for a dedicated experimental test platform.

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January 14, 2013

The Bell X-1E, last of the X-1 series, followed by the Bell X-2 Starbuster.

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January 12, 2013

Bell Model 47 – Serial Number 1 NC-1H crashed on 04/03/46 at the Niagara Falls Airport. Total time on the helicopter was 75.42 hrs. The helicopter was scrapped and serial number 11 was reassigned as NC-1H to contunue with Bell’s marketing program to promote the helicopter.

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January 11, 2013

The former Curtiss Wright factory on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, New York was on fire today. This historic building was also used by Bell Aircraft and Consolidated Aircraft.

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January 9, 2013

The Curtiss P-40 WarHawk was designed by Donovan R. Berlin. The Curtiss Buffalo facility produced 13,738 variants of the P-40. The P-40 was the first American aircraft to fight at Pearl Harbor and by war’s end 145 pilots became aces in the P-40.

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