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The company was founded by Lawrence Bell, who was an early employee and later general manager of the Glenn L. Martin Company, then a manager of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation . When Consolidated moved to California in 1935, Bell stayed behind and formed the "Bell Aircraft Corporation" on 10 July 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo, headquartered in Buffalo, New YorkSee Buffalo for other places with this name. Buffalo is an American city located in western New York. With about 300,000 residents, it is the state's second largest city, after New York City, and is the county seat of Erie County 6. In the early 20th cent.

Helicopter development began in 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St, with the company's first, the Bell Model 30 seeing its maiden flight in 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1, and eventually became the most successful part of the company.

Lawrence Bell died in 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in, and for several years afterwards the company was in financial difficulty.

After the Textron purchase, the company was organized as a subsidiary Bell Aerospace Corporation with three divisions. See Bell Helicopter Textron for further history.

Fixed-wing aircraft, in order of development:

• P-39 AiracobraThe Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal fighter aircraft in service with American forces at the start of World War II. At first for a short time designated XP-45 it had just a single-speed, single-stage supercharger for its engine, instead of an
• P-63 KingcobraThe Bell P-63 Kingcobra was developed from the P-39 Airacobra in an attempt to correct that aircraft's deficiencies. Although superficially very similar to the Airacobra, in fact it was a completely new aircraft with no interchangeable parts. It had bette
• P-59 AiracometBell XP-59 Description RoleFighter Crewone, pilot Dimensions Length11. 63 m38 ft 2 in Wingspan13. 87 m45 ft 6 in Height3. 76 m12 ft 4 in Wing area35. 9 m²386 ft² Weights Empty3,600 kg7,940 lb Maximum5,760 kg12,700 lb Powerplant Engine2x General Electric I
• XP-77
• XP-83
• X-1
• X-2
• X-5

See Bell Helicopter for helicopters.