Bell Rocket Belt Photograph and Correspondence
Title
Bell Rocket Belt Photograph and Correspondence
Description
The Bell Rocket Belt Photograph and Correspondence consists of two items: a black-and-white photograph and a printed copy of e-mail correspondence related to the photograph. The 4x5" photograph depicts Bell test pilot Robert Courter wearing the Bell Rocket Belt with a child's doll on the back of it during a tethered test flight inside a hangar, circa late December 1964. It is stamped on the back: "Bell Aerosystems Company." The e-mail, dated October 2019, provides context for the image provided by William P. Suitor, fellow Bell Rocket Belt test pilot.
Digitized Materials: The photograph from this collections has been digitized.
Date
1964-12
2019-10
Language
All materials are in English.
Rights Holder
The Museum of Flight Archives
Rights
Permission to publish material from the Bell Rocket Belt Photograph and Correspondence must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.
Bibliographic Citation
The Bell Rocket Belt Photograph and Correspondence/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2019-00-00-104
Collection Organization
Collection Items
[Test pilot Robert Courter wearing Bell Rocket Belt]
![[Test pilot Robert Courter wearing Bell Rocket Belt]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e2023cd8579aefaaf2528f1c07d50d6c.jpg "[Test pilot Robert Courter wearing Bell Rocket Belt]")
Photograph of Bell test pilot Robert Courter wearing the Bell Rocket Belt during a tethered test flight, December 1964. A child's doll is attached to Courter's back, demonstrating how a passenger could potentially be carried on the Rocket…