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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 ... read more ... |
In 1938 Bell Aircraft produced the Airacobra single-seat fighter featuring a tricycle landing gear, a single Allison engine located behind ... read more ... |
Bell P-39 Airacobra 1939 |
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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 ... read more ... |
The Airacomet was the first American-designed and built turbojet fighter. It first flew in prototype form on 1 October 1942. ... read more ... |
Bell P-59 Airacomet 1942 |
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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 ... read more ... |
Bell XP-77 1944 |
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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 ... read more ... |
Three X-1 were built to investigate flight problems at supersonic speed. The type was first air-launched (unpowered) on 19 January ... read more ... |
Bell X-1 1946 |
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Bell L-39 1946 |
On 17 May, 1946, Bell Aircraft announced that 'experimentation with the use of sweptback wings in an effort to reach ... read more ... |
First flown on 20 June 1951, the X-5 was built to investigate the aerodynamic effects of changing the degree of ... read more ... |
Bell X-5 1951 |
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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 ... read more ... |
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