The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Directory of Airplanes, Their Designers and Manufacturers

Dana Bell is a leading expert on the history of aviation.

Now retired after thirty years with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, he was formerly Technical Information Specialist at the NASM Archives and also worked at the U.S. Air Force Still Photo Depository.

Bell is the author of more than twenty books on aviation subjects, including At the Controls, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Directory of Airplanes, and One Hundred Years of World Military Aircraft.

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