bell aerospace

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To reply no. 55 by Aerofranz, I misidentified the illustration's top sensor carrier as the Bell SeaPig. It's actually the SeaKat, still from Bell Aerospace. I apologize for the error. Attached are a couple views of a SeaKat factory model. I would be grateful for any info about this little-known...

From DefenseImagery.mil, an artist's concept of the Bell Aerospace Textron Mine Sweeper Hunter (MSH). In Fiscal Year 1984, the US Navy embarked upon a program to construct 17 minesweeper hunters of some 470 tons displacement that utilized surface-effect-ship and glass-reinforced plastic hull...

Look for this Boeing VTOL project,we spoke about it before,but they spoke about the FAAV,may be it was Boeing FAAV. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910012218_1991012218.pdf

Some Bell Numbers: Ducted Fan Designs (Jay Miller's The X-Planes X-1 to X-31. Revised Edition) D-181: 4 duct D-182A: twin duct testbed D-182C: twin duct testbed D-190: Air Rescue design based on D-181/182 research (1959) D-190/C-130: It was to be fitted under a specially modified C-130 launch...

Some interesting Bell and VT designs came out in the 1960's, I dare say not that practicable. However it is interesting to see how the defense industry saw the future, very often the future we describe, ends up the future we have.