Aircraft Photo of N1105V | Bell 65 | Bell Aircraft

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	N1105V
Aircraft Original Type:	Bell 65
Aircraft Generic Type:	Bell 65
Aircraft Version:	Bell 65
C/n (msn):	1
Operator Titles:	Bell Aircraft

Location
City / Airport:	Niagara Falls - InternationalMap
Region / Country:	New York, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KIAG IATA: IAG Local: IAG Other: -

Photo Date:	16 November 1954 to 30 April 1955
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	381598

Photo Comment
Crude VTOL research aircraft composed of a Schweizer glider fuselage, a clipped Cessna 170 wing and Bell 47 skids. Two tilting Fairchild J44 turbojets, plus vertical flight control nozzles fed by a small Palouste turbine. Later fitted with wheel landing gear, it made some vertical and horizontal flights, but was unable to transition due to insufficient thrust. Built by Bell's Niagara Frontier Division; photo assumed taken at KIAG. This airframe donated to Smithsonian, second static test airframe lost in engine fire. Photo from: Bell / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands) This photo was added on 8 August 2021, and has since been viewed 455 times.

Photo Comment

Crude VTOL research aircraft composed of a Schweizer glider fuselage, a clipped Cessna 170 wing and Bell 47 skids. Two tilting Fairchild J44 turbojets, plus vertical flight control nozzles fed by a small Palouste turbine. Later fitted with wheel landing gear, it made some vertical and horizontal flights, but was unable to transition due to insufficient thrust. Built by Bell's Niagara Frontier Division; photo assumed taken at KIAG. This airframe donated to Smithsonian, second static test airframe lost in engine fire. Photo from: Bell / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

This photo was added on 8 August 2021, and has since been viewed 455 times.

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