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Bartram "Bart" Kelley (1909-1998) was a pioneering and distinguished helicopter engineer whose career was spent working for the Bell Aircraft and Bell Helicopter companies. Hired by Arthur M. Young, Kelley was instrumental in the design, testing, and development of such Bell aircraft as the H-13 Sioux, UH-1 Iroquois, AH-1G Cobra, OH-58 Kiowa, and XV-15. He became chief engineer of Bell's helicopter division in the late 1940s. After retirement in 1975, he served as a consultant for Bell Helicopter Textron. Bart Kelley was a fellow of the Helicopter Society, the American Institute of Aeronautics, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Society of Aeronautical Engineers. He was inducted into the United States Army Aviation Hall of Fame in 1994.

 Identifier

NASM.2001.0057

Creator

Kelley, Bartnam, 1909-1998

Date

bulk 1941-1980

Provenance

Dorothea N. Kelley, Gift, 2011

Extent

2.7 Cubic feet ((6 boxes))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 47 diaries/engineering notebooks, containing highly detailed information and data relating to the design and development of the Bell Model 30 (which became the Model 47), the UH-1 Huey and the 206 JetRanger series, among other craft.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Citation

Bartram Kelley Diaries, Accession 2001-0057, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Helicopters

Aeronautics

Bell 206A Jetranger

Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) Series

Bell 30 Series

Bell 47

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries