Advertisement, Life Magazine, Rocket Belt

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Life Magazine, New York City, NY

Summary

This Metropolitan Life Insurance Company advertisement in Life magazine for 16 September 1966 features, at left, the Rocket Belt pilot William P. "Bill" Suitor, in his Rocket Belt, when he served in this capacity for Bell Aerosystems, Buffalo, New York. Suitor was Bell's Rocket Belt pilot from March 1964 to June 1970. He made many flights, including flights on the Bell No. 2 Rocket Belt in the collections of the National Air and Space Museum.

Suitor gave the advertisement to the Museum in 2006.

Credit Line

Gift of William P. "Bill" Suitor

Date

1966

Inventory Number

A20060079000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

MEMORABILIA-Events

Materials

paper, adhesive, paperboard

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 34.3 x 26cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv90dca7e8d-2822-47fd-9b21-7ffe957ad416

Record ID

nasm_A20060079000