• The Bell 30 was their first full-size helicopter (first flight December 29, 1942) and the Bell 47 became the first helicopter in the world rated by a civil...
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    on the 2017 flight demonstrations. Each of the four teams received $6.5 million from the Army for phase I of the program, although Bell is investing...
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    people. The flight software is intended have features that enable single-pilot operation of the helicopter. The Bell 525's maiden flight was planned for...
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    either as a single or twin engine aircraft throughout all phases of flight. The Bell 206LT TwinRanger was a new-build production model equivalent to Tridair's...
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    Bell Aircraft. Bell Aircraft aerodynamicists working with NACA laboratories predicted significant longitudinal trim changes during transonic flight....
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  • 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2019. "Bell Adds SNC to Team Invictus for Work on Advanced Mission Systems". Bell Flight. 26 April 2022. Archived from the...
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    The Bell 429 GlobalRanger is a light, twin-engine helicopter developed by Bell Helicopter and Korea Aerospace Industries. The first flight of the prototype...
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    designator for this aircraft as used in a flight plan is "B212". Bell developed the Model 212 further with the Bell 412; the major difference being the composite...
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    16, 2008. The Bell 417 was a growth variant of the Bell 407, in essence a civil version of the Bell ARH-70. The 417 made its first flight on June 8, 2006...
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    Performance), is equipped with a dual digital automatic flight control system. In 2013, Bell introduced the 412EPI, which includes an electronic (digital)...
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    flight to the Moon. The 47 has also served as the helicopter of choice for basic helicopter flight instruction in many countries. 13 May 1949, a Bell...
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    Alexander Graham Bell (/ˈɡreɪ.əm/, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist and...
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    June 2013 as the Bell SLS (Short Light Single). The Bell 505 designation was officially announced in February 2014. Its first flight occurred on November...
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    Sioux made its maiden flight on 9 March 1965. The Sioux is a three-seat observation and basic training helicopter. In 1953 the Bell 47G design was introduced...
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    The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and...
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    1956, at Fort Worth, Texas, with Bell's chief test pilot, Floyd Carlson, at the controls. Even prior to the first flight, the Army had placed an order for...
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    The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster") was an X-plane research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range. The X-2 was a...
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    Leonardo AW609 (redirect from Bell BA 609)
    reported that limited funding of the program by both Bell and AgustaWestland had resulted in slow flight testing progress. In September 2009, AgustaWestland...
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    (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. Helicopter Pioneers- first Bell Flight Testing (YouTube) (YouTube). Gardenville, NY: burgesco1. 1943. Event...
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    Bell AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine attack helicopter, based on the AH-1W SuperCobra, designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Bell...
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    performed its maiden flight. The YOH-4A was also called the Ugly Duckling in comparison to other contending aircraft. After a fly off of the Bell, Hughes and Fairchild-Hiller...
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  • appearance. Bell Bottom is inspired from real life hijacking events in India by Khalistani terrorists during the 1980s, such as the Indian Airlines Flight 423...
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    September 1942 by train for flight testing. The aircraft first became airborne during high-speed taxiing tests on 1 October with Bell test pilot Robert Stanley...
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    certification was given to the Bell 212 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Later on, homologation was obtained for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations...
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    approved the 222 for single-pilot instrument flight rules (IFR) operation on May 15, 1980. The more powerful Bell 222B was introduced in 1982 with a larger...
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    aircraft. The first of two Bell XV-15s, tail number N702NA, first flew on 3 May 1977. After minimal flight tests at the Bell test facility, the aircraft...
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    Hiller X-18 and the X-22's successor, the Bell XV-15. Another program requirement was a true airspeed in level flight of at least 525 km/h (326 mph; 283 knots)...
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    The Bell P-63 Kingcobra is an American fighter aircraft that was developed by Bell Aircraft during World War II. Based on the preceding Bell P-39 Airacobra...
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    and other modifications. Bell 533 One YH-40BF rebuilt as a flight test bed with turbofan engines and wings. HU-1A Initial Bell 204 production model, redesignated...
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    horizontal and vertical takeoff, hover, transition to forward flight, and vertical landing. Bell constructed the X-14 as an open-cockpit, all-metal (duralumin)...
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