The U.S. Military's Jet-Powered Leap. A New Aviation Era (Documentary)
Includes some rare Bell XP-59A and Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star footage
https://youtu.be/I0Rf8_navA4
Bell-206L jetranger is a one-ton helicopter, capable of carrying 5 people with 3 rows of seats, whose payload is 1750 lbs(794kg), and could be used as an ambulance. Initial version of Bell 206 has been researched before the War of Vietnam, and Bell 206L series had been produced since 1975, all...
Testing the Bell P-39 Airacobra over the San Francisco Bay Area and a pilot’s harrowing account of how he escaped death over Rio Vista
“I decided to give Uncle Sam the first 10,000 feet, but the next 5,000 belongs to me.”
Story attached. I welcome your comments.
LONDON (AP) — An American philanthropist and investor has recovered a bell from a British battleship that was sunk in the North Atlantic during World War II.
A team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen retrieved the bell from the HMS Hood, once the largest warship in the world and the Royal...
Username: le_steph40
First name: Stéphane
Category: intermediate
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Eduard
Model Type: Bell P-39-K-1-BE Airacobra
Aftermarket addons: Ultracast seat with harness, spare box decals
Here is my Bell P-39K-1-Be "Airacobra" SN42-4403, white 21, flown by kapitan Dmitri...
Username: le_steph40
First name: Stéphane
Category: intermediate
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Eduard
Model Type: Bell P-39-K-1-BE Airacobra
Aftermarket addons: Ultracast seat with harness, spare box decals
Hi,
I just started building a P-39 from the Special Hobby kit, pictures soon in the relevant session, and I have a question about the "Bell green" to be used for the interior.
One suggestion found surfing the web is to use Gunze H302 Bronze Green, any other, possibly referred to acrylic...
In, 1938 the U.S. Navy placed a contract with the Bell Aircraft for a navalized version of the P-39 fighter. Changes included a tailwheel undercarriage, installation of an arrestor hook, enlarged vertical surfaces and restressing for carrier operations. The Navy lost interest in the project and...