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Bell Airabonita

Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:11 pm

I just wondered are there any books about the Airabonita, or does anybody have any photos that they could share. It looks a pretty interesting aircraft. Thanks in anticipation.

Re: Bell Airabonita

Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:23 pm

nice little book, should be able to find a copy from the publisher/author or Alibris etc.:

http://www.amazon.ca/Bell-Xfl-1-Airabon ... 0942612817
http://www.ginterbooks.com/NAVAL/NAVAL.htm


lots of photos on the internet, this one from the San Diego Air & Space Museum archives, as found on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/12372197214/


good set of 1/24 scale plans drawn by Gene Risedorph:

http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Galle ... play_media


I have a copy of the above mentioned book, the sole example went through quite a few detail changes in it's life. And there's a series of photos showing it's remains as well, as covered in this thread:

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... p?p=523877


cheers

greg v.

Re: Bell Airabonita

Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:01 pm

I recall that AIRPOWER magazine did an article on the XFL-1 about a hundred years ago in the B.O. era (before O'Leary)

Re: Bell Airabonita

Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:42 pm

Thanks very much for the replies, I've just ordered the book, look forward to reading it. Thanks again.
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