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John W. William

December 14, 2017

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

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December 14, 2017

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

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November 19, 2017

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.

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Bell X-1E

November 8, 2017

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

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October 24, 2017

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

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October 19, 2017

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,

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October 9, 2017

WGRZ “Unknown Stories” features Bell X-1

Click the image to watch the story

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Sputnik Headline

October 4, 2017

October 4, 1957 – Sputnik Launched into Orbit

Sixty years ago today the Soviet Union launched the world's first satellite, Sputnik, clearly proving the U.S. was behind in the Space Race. But a

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Bell-XP-59

October 1, 2017

1 October 1942 – This Day in Aviation, First Flight of Bell XP-59A

Nice article about the first flight of the first US jet fighter, the Bell XP-59A Airacomet.  See the story at the excellent This Day in Aviation

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1:00 pm Bell Helicopter Anniversary Cele... @ Niagara Aerospace Museum
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Mar 11 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Bell Helicopter Anniversary Celebration @ Niagara Aerospace Museum
The Bell Model 47 helicopter was the world’s first commercial helicopter, certified on March 8, 1946. Join us as we welcome retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul Fardink, who will speak on Floyd Carlson’s amazing career[...]
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