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
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