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Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Bell YFM-1 Airacuda

1937

Embodying many innovatory features and designed by Robert J Woods, the FM-1 Airacuda was a five-seat long-range bomber destroyer. Powered by two ...

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In 1938 Bell Aircraft produced the Airacobra single-seat fighter featuring a tricycle landing gear, a single Allison engine located behind ...

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Bell P-39 Airacobra

1939

Bell P-39 Airacobra

Bell XFL-1 Airabonita Bell XFL-1 Airabonita

1940

The XFL-1 experimental shipboard fighter was developed in parallel with the XP-39 Airacobra, and was flown for the first time on 13 ...

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The Airacomet was the first American-designed and built turbojet fighter. It first flew in prototype form on 1 October 1942. ...

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Bell P-59 Airacomet

1942

Bell P-59 Airacomet

Bell P-63 Kingcobra Bell P-63 Kingcobra

1942

At a fairly early stage in the development of the Bell P-39 Airacobra, work had been carried out to enhance ...

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The Bell XP-77, an all-wood light-weight fighter made from Sitka spruce, patterned after racers of the 1930s, and intended to ...

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Bell XP-77

1944

Bell XP-77

Bell XP-83 Bell XP-83

1945

The XP-83 was the final contribution by the Bell firm to the US Air Force fighter series. On 24 March ...

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Three X-1 were built to investigate flight problems at supersonic speed. The type was first air-launched (unpowered) on 19 January ...

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Bell X-1

1946

Bell X-1

Bell L-39 Bell L-39

1946

On 17 May, 1946, Bell Aircraft announced that 'experimentation with the use of sweptback wings in an effort to reach ...

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First flown on 20 June 1951, the X-5 was built to investigate the aerodynamic effects of changing the degree of ...

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Bell X-5

1951

Bell X-5

Bell X-2 Bell X-2

1952

Two X-2 rocket-powered research aircraft built to explore the problems of transonic and supersonic flight. The second aircraft made ...

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Bell showed interest in VTOL aeroplanes as early as the early 1940s. In January 1941, a patent was taken for ...

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Bell Model 65 ATV

1954

Bell Model 65 ATV

Bell Model 68 X-14 Bell Model 68 X-14

1957

Although the ATV had never completed a full transition, it was considered a successful experiment for it proved the ...

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