Bell Aircraft

Bell Aircraft Corporation
Industry	Aerospace; Defense;
Founded	July 10, 1935
Founders	Lawrence Dale Bell
Fate	Acquired by Textron Inc.
Successor	Bell Helicopter
Headquarters	Buffalo, New York, United States
Key people	Tex Johnston; Robert Stanley; Jack Woolams; Arthur M. Young;
Number of employees	28,000 during World War II
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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. Bell also developed the Reaction Control System for the Mercury Spacecraft, North American X-15, and Bell Rocket Belt. The company was purchased in 1960 by Textron, and lives on as Bell Textron.

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