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Helicopter Zippos


The Bell Aircraft Corporation was, founded by Lawrence Bellin 1935, is one of the earliest aviation company to use the Zippo for advertising. Bell built several types of fighter aircraft during World War II but is most famous for theBell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and for many types of helicopters, beginning with the Bell Model 30 in 1943. The company was purchased in 1960 by Textron and is known today as Bell Helicopter Textron.

1937-41 Zippo without slashes  with line-drawn Bell Aircraft logo.

1937-41 Zippo with slashes  and color-filled Bell  logo.

 
   

1942-45 high polish Zippo with attached Bell logo.

1942-45 black crackle Zippo with gold filled Bell  logo.
   

1953 Bell Zippo.  A helicopter graphic has been incorporated into
the logo design.

1953 Bell Zippo with engravings of the XH-13F and the Bell 61, the first helicopter designed for antisubmarine warfare.  Bell is based in Ft. Worth, Texas.
   

1957 Town and Country  Bell Zippo.  The aircraft is probably an experimental  X-2.

The Hughes (not Bell) TH 55 "Osage" is a
Light observation helicopter  that was often used for training. The Zippo is from 1970.

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