via Ira G. Ross / Niagara Aerospace Museum
Roll out of the 10,000 th. Bell Aircraft made in Western New York.
via Ira G. Ross / Niagara Aerospace Museum
Tennis anyone??? Playing aerial tennis on a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny.
via Ira G. Ross / Niagara Aerospace Museum
Made in Buffalo, NY. The Bell P-39 Airacobra, Bell P-63 King Cobra, and the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk.
via Ira G. Ross / Niagara Aerospace Museum
65 years ago today, Howard Hughes took the HK-1 ” Spruce Goose ” on its maiden flight.
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