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In March of 1984, nearly 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci invented his helical air screw (commonly regarded as the first helicopter), a Bell Model 47 helicopter was incorporated as part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City.
Larry Bell, a successful entrepreneur and founder of the Bell Aircraft Corporation, was so impressed with Young's efforts that in 1941 he set the youthful inventor up in a small shop in Gardenville, New York, about ten miles from Bell's Buffalo headquarters.
Bell Aircraft Corporation had already won considerable respect as the manufacturer of conventional aircraft such as the P-39 Airacobra and the P-59, America's first jet-powered airplane. In addition, Bell was to develop the X-1, which was to become the world's first super- sonic plane.
By 1951, Bell helicopters were in service around the world, breaking records as fast as they were setting them. And since Bell Aircraft Corporation's reputation for helicopter manufacture began to rival its reputation as a builder of conventional aircraft , the company created a separate helicopter division which was headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
By 1976, Bell Helicopter had established itself as Textron's largest division, and in 1982 the company became an incorporated subsidiary of Textron, bearing the name Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Today Bell Helicopter is hard at work on concepts that would defy even the imaginations of da Vinci, Young and Bell. The motivation comes from the old master himself.
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