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Bell Helicopter

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Bell Helicopter, now known simply as Bell and operated as Bell Textron, traces its roots to the Bell Aircraft Corporation founded on July 10, 1935, in Buffalo, New York. Textron acquired Bell Aerospace in 1960 and the helicopter business was reorganized as a distinct company, headquartered today in Fort Worth, Texas, where it builds military rotorcraft alongside a facility in Amarillo, Texas, while commercial helicopters are produced at a plant in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, which delivered its 5,000th helicopter in December 2017. The company rebranded from Bell Helicopter to simply Bell on February 22, 2018. Its product line spans widely used commercial models such as the Bell 407, 412, 429 and 505, military attack and utility helicopters, and tiltrotor aircraft including the V-22 Osprey developed with Boeing. As a Textron subsidiary, Bell remains one of the world's most established manufacturers of both civilian and military rotorcraft.

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Partially Attested
Founded Year
1935 2
Bell Aircraft Corporation was founded 10 July 1935, the helicopter division was not renamed Bell Helicopter Company until 1960 after Textron purchased Bell Aerospace, so 1935 reflects the founding of the parent lineage rather than the helicopter unit itself.
Headquarters
Fort Worth, Texas 1
Ownership History
Bell Aircraft units, including the helicopter business, were acquired by Textron Inc. in July 1960 for $22 million. 1
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Bell 201, Vehicles
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Bell 204/205, Vehicles
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Bell 212, Vehicles
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Bell 214, Vehicles
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Bell 214ST, Vehicles
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Bell 222/230, Vehicles
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Bell 30, Vehicles
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Bell 407, Vehicles
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Bell 412, Vehicles
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Bell 427, Vehicles
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Bell 430, Vehicles
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Bell 47, Vehicles
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Bell 533, Vehicles
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Bell D-292, Vehicles
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Bell FCX-001, Vehicles
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Bell H-12, Vehicles
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Bell HSL, Vehicles
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Bell XH-15, Vehicles
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Bell XV-15, Vehicles
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Bell XV-3, Vehicles
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Bell YAH-63, Vehicles
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Bell YOH-4, Vehicles
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1. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Encyclopedia.com)
  • Origins section, Textron acquisition
    It was acquired in July 1960 by Textron Inc., along with other Bell Aircraft units, for $22 million.
  • Origins section, 1951 helicopter division
    the creation in January 1951 of a separate helicopter division, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas
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2. Bell Textron (Wikipedia)
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The company was founded on July 10, 1935, as Bell Aircraft Corporation by Lawrence Dale Bell in Buffalo, New York.
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Bell 47, Wikipedia
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Bell Aircraft Bell Helicopter
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Wikipedia: Bell UH-1 Iroquois
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Bell Helicopter
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Wikipedia: Bell AH-1 Cobra
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Bell Helicopter
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Bell 212 (Wikipedia)
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Bell Helicopter
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Bell 206 - Wikipedia
Has Vehicles: Bell 206 JetRanger, Infobox: manufacturer
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Bell Helicopter
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Bell XV-3 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell XV-3, Lead, builder
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The Bell XV-3 (Bell 200) is an American tiltrotor aircraft developed by Bell Helicopter for a joint research program between the United States Air Force and the United States Army in order to explore convertiplane technologies.
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Bell 30 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 30, Lead, builder
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The Bell 30 is the prototype for the first commercial helicopter, and the first helicopter built by the Bell Aircraft Company.
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Bell OH-58 Kiowa (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell OH-58 Kiowa, Lead, builder
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It was produced by the American manufacturer Bell Helicopter and is closely related to the Model 206A JetRanger civilian helicopter.
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Bell 204/205 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 204/205, Lead, builder
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Bell designed its Model 204 in response to a 1955 United States Army requirement for a utility helicopter.
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Bell 214 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 214, Lead, builder
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The Bell 214 is a medium-lift helicopter derived from Bell Helicopter's prolific UH-1 Huey series.
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Bell 222/230 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 222/230, Lead, builder
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The Bell 222 is an American twin-engine light helicopter built by Bell Helicopter.
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Bell 407 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 407, Lead, builder
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In 1993, Bell began the development of the New Light Aircraft as a replacement for its Model 206 series.
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Bell 412 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 412, Lead, builder
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The Bell 412 is a utility helicopter of the Huey family manufactured by Bell Helicopter.
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Bell 427 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 427, Lead, builder
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The Bell 427 is a twin-engine, multirole, light utility helicopter designed and manufactured by Bell Helicopter and Samsung Aerospace Industries (now Korea Aerospace Industries).
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Bell 429 GlobalRanger (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 429 GlobalRanger, Lead, builder
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The Bell 429 GlobalRanger is a light, twin-engine helicopter developed by Bell Helicopter and Korea Aerospace Industries.
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Bell 430 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 430, Lead, builder
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The Bell 430 is an American/Canadian twin-engine light-medium helicopter built by Bell Helicopter.
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Bell 505 Jet Ranger X (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, Lead, builder
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The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X (JRX) is an American/Canadian light helicopter developed and manufactured by Bell Helicopter.
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Bell 525 Relentless (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 525 Relentless, Lead, builder
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The Bell 525 Relentless is an American super-medium-lift helicopter, under development by Bell Textron.
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Bell 360 Invictus (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 360 Invictus, Lead, builder
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Bell has since announced it is developing the 360 with Collins Aerospace
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Bell XV-15 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell XV-15, Lead, builder
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After a review of both proposals, NASA selected the Bell 301 for further development, and a contract for further R&D was issued on 31 July 1973.
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Bell HSL (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell HSL, Lead, builder
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The Bell HSL (Model 61) was an American 1950s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter built by Bell Helicopter for the US Navy.
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Bell 207 Sioux Scout (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 207 Sioux Scout, Lead, builder
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The Bell 207 Sioux Scout is a modified Bell 47 helicopter, developed by Bell Helicopter under contract from the United States Army, as a proof-of-concept demonstrator for the Bell D-255 helicopter gunship design
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Bell 309 KingCobra (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 309 KingCobra, Lead, builder
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The Bell Model 309 KingCobra was an experimental attack helicopter developed by Bell Helicopter, based on the Bell AH-1 Cobra.
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Bell 400 TwinRanger (Wikipedia)
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The Bell 400 TwinRanger was a prototype four-bladed, twin-engine civil helicopter developed by Bell Helicopter in the 1980s.
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Bell 533 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 533, Lead, builder
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The Bell 533 was a research helicopter built by Bell Helicopter under contract with the United States Army during the 1960s
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Bell ARH-70 Arapaho (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell ARH-70 Arapaho, Lead, builder
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Bell's ARH demonstrator, a modified Bell 407 (s/n 53343/N91796), first flew on 3 June 2005.
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Bell Eagle Eye (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell Eagle Eye, Lead, builder
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The Bell Helicopter Eagle Eye is an American tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle that was offered as one of the competitors in the United States Navy
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Bell MV-75 Cheyenne II (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell MV-75 Cheyenne II, Lead, builder
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The Bell MV-75 Cheyenne II is a tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Bell for the United States Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program.
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Bell 214ST (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 214ST, Lead, builder
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The Bell 214ST is a medium-lift, twin-engine helicopter descended from Bell Helicopter's ubiquitous UH-1 Huey series.
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Bell UH-1N Twin Huey (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell UH-1N Twin Huey, Lead, builder
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The Bell UH-1N Twin Huey is a medium military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Bell Helicopter.
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Bell UH-1Y Venom (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell UH-1Y Venom, Lead, builder
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The Bell UH-1Y Venom (also called Super Huey) is a twin-engine, 4-blade, medium-sized utility helicopter built by Bell Textron under the H-1 upgrade program of the United States Marine Corps.
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Bell AH-1Z Viper (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell AH-1Z Viper, Lead, builder
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The Bell AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine attack helicopter, based on the AH-1W SuperCobra, designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Bell Helicopter.
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Bell AH-1 SuperCobra (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell AH-1 SuperCobra, Lead, builder
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The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engined attack helicopter that was developed on behalf of, and primarily operated by, the United States Marine Corps
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Wikipedia: Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
Has Vehicles: Bell V-22 Osprey, Development, contract
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A partnership between Bell Helicopter and Boeing Helicopters was awarded a development contract in 1983 for the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft.
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Bell H-12 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell H-12, Lead, builder
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was an American 1940s military utility helicopter built by the Bell Helicopter company.
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Bell 47J Ranger (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 47J Ranger, Lead, builder
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The Bell 47J Ranger is an American single-engine single-rotor light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter.
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Bell CH-146 Griffon (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell CH-146 Griffon, Lead, builder
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The Bell CH-146 Griffon is a multi-role utility helicopter designed by Bell Helicopter Textron as a variant of the Bell 412EP for the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor, Lead, builder
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The Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor (QTR) is a proposed four-rotor derivative of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey developed jointly by Bell Helicopter and Boeing.
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Bell 201 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell 201, Lead, make
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was the first Bell helicopter to use a turbine engine
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Bell YAH-63 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell YAH-63, Design and development, make
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The Bell entry, the Model 409 (YAH-63), was by no means "just another Cobra design" though it utilized Cobra technology where possible.
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Bell V-247 Vigilant (Wikipedia)
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The Bell V-247 Vigilant is a concept by Bell Helicopter to develop a large tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Bell V-280 Valor (GlobalSecurity.org)
Has Vehicles: Bell V-280 Valor, Program overview, make
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The Bell Helicopter design, which is called the V-280 Valor, is an advanced tilt-rotor design that is based upon technology similar to the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey.
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Bell XH-15 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell XH-15, Lead
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The Bell XH-15 (Bell Model 54) was an American two-seat utility helicopter designed and built by Bell Helicopter, to meet a requirement for a liaison and utility helicopter for the United States Army and United States Air Force.
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Bell Wing Ding (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell Wing Ding, Lead
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The Bell Wing Ding was a 1960s compound helicopter built by Bell Helicopter.
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Bell D-292 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell D-292, Lead
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The Bell D-292 was an American experimental helicopter developed by Bell Helicopters for the United States Army Advanced Composite Airframe Program (ACAP), as part of the studies involved in the Light Helicopter Experimental (LHX) program.
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Bell FCX-001 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell FCX-001, Lead
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The Bell FCX-001 is an American conceptual helicopter design proposed by Bell Helicopter.
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Bell YOH-4 (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell YOH-4, Development
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Bell produced five prototypes of the D-250, as Model 206, in 1962, the first prototype making its maiden flight on 8 December 1962.
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Bell H-13 Sioux (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Bell H-13 Sioux, Lead
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The Bell H-13 Sioux is an American single-engine light helicopter built and produced by Bell Helicopter for the military and licence-produced by Westland Aircraft for the British military as the Sioux AH.1 and HT.2.
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Bell Textron (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Aircraft and Aerospace Manufacturers, Lead sentence
    Bell Textron Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Part Of: Helicopter Transport, Lead sentence
    Bell Textron Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
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