Abstract
ONE OF MAN'S ageless dreams-unencumbered free-flight by a man utilizing an integrated propulsion system-was realized on April 20, 1961. Early that chilly morning, a small dedicated group of men gathered on the fringes of Niagara Falls Airport, New York. Here in a community better known for its scenic display, engineers of many disciplines had long worked for the demonstration of man's first controlled, individual free-flight with a rocket-belt. A conquest of nature's physical constraints, man's first rocket-belt flight, traversing more than 100 feet at an altitude best measured in inches, was the culmination of an eight-month development program conducted by Bell Aerosystems Company for the United States Army Transportation Research Command.
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