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Bell Textron, the current incarnation of Bell Aircraft Corporation; Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum in Buffalo, New York, housing many examples of early-to-mid-20th century piston, turbo-jet, turbo-shaft, and jet engines, including early Bell helicopters, an example of the World War II Bell P-39 Airacobra, and the Bell X-22 tilt-ducted-fan VSTOL aircraft
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.
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When Bell died in 1956, he left his personal collection of memorabilia to the town of Mentone. The museum originally opened in 1972 and fundraising began in 1976 to build a museum to house the collection.
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He flew the Boeing B-47 Stratojet, [6] and piloted the first flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress prototype. [7] Johnston is best known for performing a barnstormer-style barrel roll maneuver with Boeing's pioneering 367-80 jet in a demonstration flight over Lake Washington outside Seattle, on August 7, 1955. [8]
Wings Field covers 217 acres (88 ha) and has one asphalt runway, 6/24, 3,700 ft × 75 ft (1,128 m × 23 m).In the year ending December 31, 2014, the airport had approximately 36,500 aircraft operations, an average of 100 per day: 83% general aviation, 17% air taxi and <1% military. 111 aircraft are based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, <1% jet and <1% helicopter.
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