Niagara Aerospace Museum

Preserving Western New York's Aviation and Aerospace History

Book Signing Event September 12, 2015 12:00 to 4:00 PM The Niagara Aerospace Museum will be holding a book signing event to introduce three new books about Western New York’s rich aviation and aerospace history. 1. Buffalo’s Consolidated Aircraft and Heroic Test Pilots. By: Suzanne Simon Dietz – Award winning author and Historian for the Aero Club of Buffalo. 2. Lesser Known Aircraft and Manufacturing Companies of Western New York. By: Roy T. Lindberg – Museum Researcher and Historian. 3. Bell Aircraft / Aerospace Overview 1956 to 1996 By: Hugh M. Neeson – former Vice President of Bell Aerospace. A great opportunity to learn about the untold stories of aviation pioneers, test pilots, inventions, and the aviation companies that were once a part of Western New York and to tour the museum displays. The museum offers a learning experience for all ages, and an opportunity to test your skills on our new Lunar Lander Simulator.

via Niagara Aerospace Museum's Facebook Page.

The Bell XP-77

The Bell XP-77 was a wooden prototype fighter powered by a Ranger inverted V-12 engine. Two examples were built and we just found in our archives that