Seventy years ago, on September 17, 1955, a modified Convair B-36 departed Carswell Air Force Base in Texas. Legendary U.S.

In the late 1940s, the U.S. Air Force envisioned a supersonic nuclear bomber, culminating in the B-58 Hustler. This Mach 2 ...

Building on the technology of the B-58 Hustler, Convair developed a proposal for a supersonic passenger aircraft years ahead ...

Convair's B-58 Hustler was designed with a delta wing to aid in achieving high speeds. It was powered by four General Electric J79 engines held in pods beneath the wings, clearly visible when ...

The Convair B-58 “Hustler” first took to the skies in the mid-1950s and would serve the Air Force through the next decade.

Convair built aircraft for the U.S. military, including the B-36 Peacemaker — a massive 10-engine bomber — and the supersonic B-58 Hustler strategic bomber.

THE SUPERSONIC B-58 “Hustler”-the world's fastest bomber-was developed for the U.S. Air Force for the primary mission of bombing and reconnaissance by the Fort Worth, Texas, plant of the Convair ...

At the height of the Cold War, the Convair B-58 Hustler, the U.S. Air Force’s first operational supersonic bomber, heralded a new era in aerial warfare. Taking to the skies with its initial flight on ...

In the annals of military aviation history, few aircraft have stirred as much controversy and myth as the Convair B-58 Hustler. Debuting in an era when speed was seen as the best defense against the ...