Reminiscences of Lawrence Dale Bell, 1955
Reminiscences of Lawrence Dale Bell, 1955
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- 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.