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Poster, Rocket Belt Men at California State Fair

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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum, it is either on loan or in storage.

Poster, Rocket Belt Men at California State Fair

 

  • Summary

Date: ca. 1964

Country of Origin: United States of America

Dimensions:
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 53.3 x 35.6cm (21 x 14 in.)

Materials:
Overall, cardboard

This poster was used at the California State Fair in Sacramento, California, about 1964, 2-13 September, to advertise the Rocket Belt flight of William P. "Bill" Suitor when he served as a Rocket Belt pilot for Bell Aerosystems. 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 poster to the National Air and Space Museum in 2006.

Gift of William P. "Bill" Suitor


Inventory number: A20060078000