The aircraft would be called the Model 48 Charger, which would be Convair’s entry into a competition against eight other manufacturers. Each would create a clean-sheet aircraft proposal to ...

Compact, agile, and shrouded in secrecy, the Convair Model 48 Charger was a bold attempt to create a lightweight, high-performance close air support aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps. With its ...

The 1960s-era Convair Model 48 Charger represented an ill-fated attempt to win a military contract competition.

When it comes to experimental military aircraft, perhaps one of the strangest proposals was the 1960s Convair Model 49. A mixture of a jet, tank, and attack helicopter, the invention was meant to ...