Mar. 24—"Rocketman" William Suitor will discuss his time as a Bell Rocket Belt pilot at "One Hell of a Ride," an event being put on by the Historical Association of Lewiston. The event will be held at ...

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After experimenting in the mid-1950s, Bell Aerosystems engineer Wendell F. Moore built the first rocket belt, also called the “man-rocket,” for the U.S. Army. Developed to transport soldiers across ...

Thirty-six years later, the Bug basks in newfound acclaim while the Rocket Belt remains a minor footnote to aviation history. Built by Bell Aerospace of Buffalo, New York, only a scant few of the ...

For at least half a century it has been assumed by the youth of America, perhaps the world, that upon reaching adulthood, there would be an easy-to-use jetpack available for the purposes of fun and ...

Back in the early 1960s, Bell Aerosystems developed and demonstrated the Bell Rocket Belt. It was the first successful jetpack, capable of reaching speeds of up to 30 mph, could travel up to 30 feet ...

Gordon R. Yaeger of Williamsville, who piloted the Bell Rocket Belt at the 1964 New York World's Fair and in the James Bond film "Thunderball," died Sunday in Hospice Buffalo, Cheektowaga, after a ...

Harold M. Graham, the first man to fly untethered using the Bell Rocket Belt, died Thursday in Nashville, Tenn., after a brief illness. He was 75.