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===Bell Aircraft===
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The company was founded on July 10, 1935, as [[Bell Aircraft|Bell Aircraft Corporation]] by [[Lawrence Dale Bell]] in [[Buffalo, New York]]. The company focused on the designing and building of fighter aircraft. Their first fighters were the [[Bell YFM-1 Airacuda|XFM-1 Airacuda]], a twin-engine fighter for attacking bombers, and the [[P-39 Airacobra]]. The [[P-59 Airacomet]], the first American jet fighter, the [[P-63 Kingcobra]], the successor to the P-39, and the [[Bell X-1]] were also Bell products.<ref name="Bell_hist">[http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en/company/history.cfm History of Bell Helicopter] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603084523/http://www.bellhelicopter.com/en/company/history.cfm |date=June 3, 2007}}. bellhelicopter.com</ref>

[[File:Bellhelicopter.MOMA.JPG|right|thumb|A [[Bell 47]] is displayed at the [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]]]]
[[File:Bell Textron logo.svg|thumb|Previous Bell logo]]

In 1941, Bell hired [[Arthur M. Young]], a talented inventor, to provide expertise for [[helicopter]] research and development. It was the foundation for what Bell hoped would be a broader economic base for his company that was not dependent on [[government contracts]]. The [[Bell 30]] was their first full-size helicopter (first flight December 29, 1942) and the [[Bell 47]] became the first helicopter in the world rated by a [[civil aviation authority]], becoming a civilian and military success.<ref name="Bell_hist" /> Due to its burgeoning success, the helicopter division relocated as a separate unit to Hurst, Texas in 1951.