Bell Model 30

Ship 1A in National Air and Space Museum (Udvar-Hazy Center). A good description of the aircraft can be found in Helicopters, C. B. F. Macauley, FLIGHT, January 11 1945, Page 38.

Attribution

Attribution

Overview

Data on design, manufacture and status

Design authority: Bell Aircraft Corporation

Primary manufacturer: Bell Aircraft Corporation

Parent type: No type defined

Aircraft status: No longer flying

Configuration

Primary flight and mechanical characteristics

VTOL type: Helicopter

Lift devices: 1 Single main rotor

Dedicated control device: 1 Tail rotor

Crew required: 1 in Single seater arrangement

Landing gear: Skids

Key Characteristics

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Aircraft Details

Data on aircraft configuration, weights, flight performance and equipment

References

References and sources used

Bell Model 30 Ship 1A Genevieve
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|Collections|Objects web site, 2014, Aug 06
Website

Helicopters from "A to Z" | Part I
Ralph P. Alex
AHS Newsletter, 1961, October, 1961 (page 4)
Periodical

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