Bell Aircraft

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Bell Aircraft was an American aerospace manufacturer best known for pioneering experimental and military aircraft, including the first supersonic research plane.

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Bell Aircraft canonical 12
Bell Aircraft Corporation 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American company
aerospace manufacturer
defunct company
activeDuring Cold War
World War II
basedIn New York (state)
linked to: New York
ceasedToExist 1960
country United States
developed Bell 206 helicopter
linked to: Bell 206

Bell 47 helicopter
Bell H-13 Sioux
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Bell P-59 Airacomet
Bell P-63 Kingcobra
linked to: Bell P-39 Airacobra

Bell Rocket Belt
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
Bell X-1
Bell X-2
Bell X-5
Bell XP-77
Bell XV-3 tiltrotor
Bell YFM-1 Airacuda
foundedBy Lawrence Dale Bell
headquartersLocation Buffalo, New York
linked to: Buffalo

Niagara Falls, New York
inception 1935
industry aerospace industry
defense industry
keyPerson Lawrence Dale Bell
mergedInto Bell Helicopter
notableEvent Bell X-1 exceeded speed of sound in level flight in 1947
notableFor experimental aircraft
first supersonic research airplane
military aircraft
ownedBy Textron (after acquisition)
linked to: Textron
parentCompany Textron
producedFor United States Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
United States Navy
civilian market
productType fighter aircraft
helicopters
research aircraft
rocket-powered aircraft
roleInHistory pioneered U.S. jet fighter development
pioneered practical helicopters in the United States
pioneered supersonic flight research
successor Bell Helicopter

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Bell X-1 manufacturer Bell Aircraft
Bell X-2 manufacturer Bell Aircraft
Bell X-5 manufacturer Bell Aircraft
Walter Dornberger employer Bell Aircraft
Walter Dornberger employer Bell Aircraft Corporation
linked to: Bell Aircraft
Bell Textron foundedAs Bell Aircraft Corporation
linked to: Bell Aircraft
Bell X-1B manufacturer Bell Aircraft
Bell X-1C manufacturer Bell Aircraft
Bell X-1D manufacturer Bell Aircraft
Bell X-15 manufacturer Bell Aircraft
Messerschmitt P.1101 studiedBy Bell Aircraft
subject linked to: Messerschmitt P.1101 concept
Bell P-39 Airacobra manufacturer Bell Aircraft
Bell Helicopter formerName Bell Aircraft Corporation
linked to: Bell Aircraft
Bell X-1 manufacturer Bell Aircraft
subject linked to: Glennis