Bell Aircraft

Bell Aircraft Corporation
Industry
FoundedJuly 10, 1935; 89 years ago (1935-07-10)
FoundersLawrence Dale Bell
FateAcquired by Textron Inc.
SuccessorBell Helicopter
Headquarters
Buffalo, New York
,
United States
Key people
Number of employees
28,000 during World War II
Footnotes / references
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The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and for the development and production of many important civilian and military helicopters. Bell also developed the Reaction Control System for the Mercury Spacecraft, North American X-15, and Bell Rocket Belt. The company was purchased in 1960 by Textron, and lives on as Bell Textron.

  1. ^ "Bell Aircraft Corporation". www.bellaircraftmuseum.org. Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum. May 20, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Budge, Kent G. (2007). Bell Aircraft Company. Retrieved October 1, 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Library of Congress. Bell Aircraft Corporation. Retrieved October 1, 2020. Bell Aircraft Corporation was legally founded 10 July 1935. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Thomas A. Scott. "Bell Bomber - New Georgia Encyclopedia".