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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.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date 1966 Country of Origin United States of America Type MEMORABILIA-Events Manufacturer Life Magazine, New York City, NY
 Dimensions 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 34.3 x 26cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
 Materials paper, adhesive, paperboard
 Inventory Number A20060079000 Credit Line Gift of William P. "Bill" Suitor Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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