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)
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