Vintage Aviation News on MSN

Today in aviation history: First flight of the Bell L-39

April 23, 1946 marked the first flight of the Bell L-39, an experimental aircraft used to study swept-wing flight ...
Vintage Aviation News on MSN

Flight test files: Bell 47 – the chase aircraft that aided the Apollo program

Bell 47 helicopter supported NASA's Apollo-era LLRV tests, providing chase support and helping train astronauts for safe ...
Avionics International

Bell Taps RTX’s Collins Aerospace To Provide Key Systems For MV-75 FLRAA

RTX’s Collins Aerospace announced Monday it has secured multiple contracts from Bell  to provide five key systems for the ...
Aviation Week Network

Bell MV-75 Schedule Leaves No Slack, Army Officials Say

The U.S. Army has named the Bell MV-75 the Cheyenne II, a nod to the 1960s transformational Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne, though the service is hoping for a better future for its tiltrotor compared to its ...
The National Interest

Why Bell’s D-35 Rocket-Powered Interceptor Never Flew

Though it was canceled in 1946, the Bell D-35 legacy endures in aviation history as a bridge to modern interceptors. The early years of the Cold War saw a series of truly audacious—perhaps ...