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Experimented in aeronautics at age 13 with a Chinese top (1796); [28] first design of a fixed-wing aircraft (1799); [51] used a whirling arm to test aerofoils at varying angles (1804); [51] presented a paper outlining specific design parameters for building a glider (1810); [51] designed, constructed, and had flown (short hop) a tri-plane (1849 ...
Bell Textron Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A subsidiary of Textron, Bell manufactures military rotorcraft at facilities in Fort Worth, and Amarillo, Texas, United States as well as commercial helicopters in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.
The Frontiers of Flight Museum is an aerospace museum located in Dallas, Texas, founded in November 1988 by William E. Cooper, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Jan Collmer. [1] Originally located within a terminal at Dallas Love Field , the museum now occupies a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2 ) building at the southeast corner of Love Field on Lemmon ...
Along with the B-36 Peacemaker Museum, [7] the Forward Air Controllers' Museum [8] tells the stories of Forward Air Control (FAC) used in Close Air Support (CAS), the history of the North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, and the history of aviation in North Texas with an emphasis on Air Force Plant 4 (currently operated by Lockheed Martin). [9]
It was renamed in honor of the late U.S. president and Texas native, Lyndon B. Johnson, by an act of the United States Senate on February 19, 1973. JSC consists of a complex of 100 buildings constructed on 1,620 acres (660 ha) in the Clear Lake Area of Houston .
Beal Aerospace was a launch vehicle development company founded in February 1997 by Andrew Beal, president of Beal Bank in Dallas, Texas. Headquartered in Frisco, Texas, [1] the goal of the company was to build and operate a privately developed heavy lift orbital launch vehicle. It ceased operations on October 23, 2000.
SpaceX Starbase—previously, SpaceX South Texas Launch Site and SpaceX private launch site—is an industrial complex and rocket launch facility that serves as the main testing and production location for Starship launch vehicles, as well as the headquarters of the American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX. [2]
Carter Aviation Technologies (also known as CarterCopters) is a privately held [2] aviation research and development company based in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. The main focus of the company is developing new technology and then licensing it to other manufacturers for use on production aircraft. [ 3 ]