In 1946, the Bell 47 was the first helicopter certified for civilian use by what later became the FAA. In 1958, Los Angeles TV station KTLA made history by renting a Bell 47.

The Bell H-13 Was the “Angel of Mercy”—and a TV Star. In the late 1940s, the US Army adopted the Bell 47 for its strategic uses, naming it after the Native American Sioux tribe, in keeping ...

The Bell 47 helicopter is the first to see widespread use in the U.S. military. Lawrence Dale Bell founded the Bell Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo, New York, in 1935.

The Bell 47 model performed some of the same duties as the later ... Once again, Bell takes a prominent place with the versatile Bell 429, a helicopter that shares its American roots with the S-76.

The Experimental Aircraft Association praised a proposal that lengthened inspection times on Bell 47 helicopter blade grips as a "positive first step," but said the proposal does not go far enough ...