Bell Aircraft

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 ... read more ... In 1938 Bell Aircraft produced the Airacobra single-seat fighter featuring a tricycle landing gear, a ... read more ... Bell P-39 "Airacobra" 1939 Bell P-59 "Airacomet" 1942 read more ... At a fairly early stage in the development of the Bell P-39 Airacobra, work had ... read more ... Bell P-63 "Kingcobra" 1942 Bell XP-77 1944 The Bell XP-77, an all-wood light-weight fighter made from Sitka spruce, patterned after racers of ... read more ... The XP-83 was the final contribution by the Bell firm to the US Air Force ... read more ... Bell XP-83 1945 Bell X-1 1946 Three X-1 were built to investigate flight problems at supersonic speed. The type was first ... read more ... First flown on 20 June 1951, the X-5 was built to investigate the aerodynamic effects ... read more ... Bell X-5 1951 Bell X-2 1952 Two X-2 rocket-powered research aircraft built to explore the problems of transonic and supersonic ... read more ... Following earlier aviation exploits, Giuseppe Bellanca joined forces with the Wright Aero Corporation in 1924 ... read more ... Bellanca WB-2 "Columbia" 1926 Bellanca Aircruiser 1930 The Airbus single-engine D transport aircraft was developed from an earlier high-wing design - the ... read more ... A carrier-based scout with folding wings. Two prototypes, XSE-1 and XSE-2. read more ... Bellanca XSE 1932 Bellanca 28 Flash 1933 The Model 28 took two forms, the first being the Model 28-70 built as a ... read more ... Bellanca JE-1 1938