Bell Model 65 ATV, N1105V / 1, National Air and Space Museum (USA)
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Registration: N1105V
Construction Number: 1
Model Bell Model 65 ATV
Operator: National Air and Space Museum (USA)
Airport: Silver Hill, NASM Restoration Centre, USA - Maryland
Photographer: Chris England
Date Taken: 02/2001
Date Submitted: 13/02/2011
Bell's Air Test Vehicle (ATV) was an experimental tiltjet VTOL aircraft built in 1953. To keep costs as low as possible the wing came from a Cessna 170 (minus the outer sections), the fuselage from a Schweizer glider and the skids from a Bell 47. The project was terminated in 1955.
Picture ID:1275672