On this day in aviation history, 80 years ago (April 23, 1946), the Bell L-39 took flight for the first time. Not to be confused with the Aero-Vodochody L-39 Albatross jet, the Bell L-39 was an ...
Eighty-three years ago today, on October 1, 1942, the Bell XP-59 Airacomet took to the skies for the first time, marking the dawn of the jet age in the United States. Built by Bell Aircraft during ...