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Bell Aircraft
The
Bell Aircraft Corporation
was an
aircraft manufacturer
of the
United States
, 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, the North American X-15 and the
Bell Rocket Belt
. The company was purchased in 1960 by
Textron
, and lives on today as
Bell Helicopter
.
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