Bell offers a wide range of commmercial Helicopters.
Bell Aircraft Corporation, founded by Larry Bell, is
famous as the manufacturer of the P-59 (America's first
jet airplane) and the X-1 (the world's first super-
sonic plane). After years of development, the Bell
47B, a descendant of the original model 30 helicopter
invented by Arthur Young, became the first commercially
licensed helicopter in the world. By 1951, Bell
helicopters were in service around the world, in both
commercial and military roles. In 1960 Bell Helicopter
Corporation was purchases by Textron, of which it is
still a major subsidiary. Bell Helicopters now fly in
more than 100 countries around the world and a Bell
Model 47 hangs in the entrance to the Architecture and
Design wing of New York's Museum of Modern Art.
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