Reminiscences of Lawrence Dale Bell, 1955

 

Name
Bell, Lawrence Dale, 1894-1956 (Interviewee)
Olmstead, George (Interviewee)
Smith, Elton J (Interviewee)
Title
Reminiscences of Lawrence Dale Bell, 1955
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Lawrence Dale Bell, DeWitt Clinton Ramsey, George Olmstead, and Elton J. Smith, 1955
Abstract
Fully transcribed, but undigitized interview includes: speeches from management dinners, Bell Aerospace Corp.; broadcast from world-record helicopter flight, Texas to Niagara Falls, 1952; Larry Bell Library dedication, Mentone, Indiana, 1955; first contact with airplane; exhibition flying; developing various types of planes; barnstorming; Bell Aircraft from 1935: developing the company, new techniq ues, new planes, work for military; world records; developing the helicopter; first supersonic flight. Impressions of Glenn Martin, Lincoln Beachey, Generals Henry H. Arnold and William S. Knudsen and others. Audio only covers a portion of the transcript: page 199 and pages 214-235.
Collection Name
Aviation project
Subjects
Air pilots; Executives; Aeronautics; Aeronautics, Military; Aviation; Helicopters; Supersonic planes; Bell, Lawrence Dale, 1894-1956; Ramsey, DeWitt Clinton; Olmstead, George; Smith, Elton J; Bell Helicopter Corporation
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1955
Note (Biographical)
Corporation executives
Note (Provenance)
Lawrence Dale Bell, DeWitt Clinton Ramsey, George Olmstead, and Elton J. Smith, Gift 1955
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
15824612
Also In
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/7tfr-3m29
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.