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Bell-47D1 Helicopter

Manufacturer:Bell Helicopter Inc., Buffalo, NY
Date:1945
Medium:Aluminum, steel, and acrylic plastic

More than three thousand Bell-47D1 helicopters were made in the United States and sold in forty countries between 1946 and 1973, when production ceased. While the Bell-47D1 is a straightforward utilitarian craft, its designer, Young, who was also a poet and a painter, consciously juxtaposed its transparent plastic bubble with the open structure of its tail boom to create an object whose delicate beauty is in-separable from its efficiency. That the plastic bubble is made in one piece rather than in sections joined by metal seams sets the Bell-47D1 apart from other helicopters. The result is a cleaner, more unified appearance.

The bubble also lends an insect like appearance to the hovering craft, which generated its nickname, the "bug-eyed helicopter." It seems fitting, then, that one of the principal uses of the Bell-47D1 has been for pest control in crop dusting and spraying. It has also been used for traffic surveillance and for the delivery of mail and cargo to remote areas. During the Korean War, it served as an aerial ambulance.

Awarded the world's first commercial helicopter license by the Civil Aeronautics Administration (now the FAA), the Bell-47D1 weighs 1,380 pounds. Its maximum speed is 92 miles per hour and its maximum range 194 miles. It can hover like a dragonfly at altitudes up to 10,000 feet.

Source: www.moma.org/

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It was established on November 7, 1929; 85 years ago and has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. Considered by many to have the best collection of modern Western masterpieces in the world, MoMA's holdings include more than 150,000 individual pieces in addition to approximately 22,000 films and 4 million film stills.

October 11, 2013, MoMA, New York, NY, taken here.

Taken in: United States / New York / New York / East Side (show map)

Taken on: October 11, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/2.8, 1/50 sec, 29mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	29mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Tungsten (Incandescent)
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ViewNX 2.9 W
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