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The Bell X-1 (Bell Model 44) is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built in 1945, it achieved a speed of nearly 1,000 ...
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The Bell X-1 was the first crewed airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes. XS-1 pilots. Pilot Agency Flights
15 December 2020: A Chinese-manufactured PT-6, a primary trainer aircraft, which took off from China Bay Airport crashed near Kantale, Sri Lanka killing the trainee pilot on board. [15] [16] 27 April 2022: A Bell 206 was involved in an accident at Hingurakgoda Airport. The pilot was unhurt and the helicopter was heavily damaged.
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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.
A Sri Lankan aircraft crashed Monday morning killing the two trainee pilots onboard, the country's air force spokesman said. The Chinese-built PT-6 plane crashed during a training session after ...
A fleet of Bell 412 helicopters fly over Ratmalana airport in a drill to celebrate SLAF's 66th anniversary. No. 4 (VVIP/VIP) Helicopter Squadron is a squadron of the Sri Lanka Air Force. It currently operates Bell 412/412EP/212/206JR from SLAF Ratmalana for VVIP/VIP Air transport. [1]