Bell Aerosystems engineer demonstrating rocket belt; man in the air
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated April 3, 1964 reads, "Up, Up, and Away. A Bell Aerosystems Co. engineer demonstrates flight in (on?) (with?) a rocket belt as part of the daily Sportmen's Show at the Pan Pacific. The twin-nozzle flight device uses hydrogen peroxide for power, will fly a man 815 feet at speeds up to 60 m.p.h. How does it feel? "Like a giant is picking you up under your arms," says one engineer."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Bell Aircraft Corporation Pan Pacific Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles Personal propulsion units Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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