Convair

The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation was an aeronautical company American more known under the name of Convair and resulting from the fusion of the companies Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft in 1943.

In March 1953, it was repurchased by General Dynamics and became a division about it. It built Avion S until in 1965, of which many experimental models, military aircrafts and civil aircrafts of small number.

It turned then worms of the space activities, but was dissolved in 1995.

Achievements

(and year of first flight)

XP-81 (1945)
XA-44
B-36 Peacemaker (1946)
XB-46 (1947)
XC-99 (1947)
XF-92A (1948)
YB-60 (1952)
F-102 Delta Dagger (1953)
F2Y Sea Dart (1953) Seaplane hunter with reaction
R3Y Tradewind (1954)
XFY-1 Pogo (1954) v.t.o.l
C-131 Samaritan (1955)
Convair 240/340/440/640 (1955) twin-engine civil aircraft
Convair 540 (1955)
B-58 Hustler (1956)
Convair F-106 Delta Dart (1956)
X-11 (1957) Missile
Convair 880 (1959) civil aircraft four-jet aircrafts
Convair 990 Coronado (1961) civil aircraft ( 880 lengthened )
CV-600 (1965) civil aircraft ( 240 with Turbopropeller S )

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