The 1960s-era Convair Model 48 Charger represented an ill-fated attempt to win a ... you are informed that you’ll instead be assigned to an odd little turboprop with a top speed of 277 ...

At plants 1,100 miles apart last week, General Dynamics' Convair Division gave the U.S. a peek at two new developments in the deadly art of aerial warfare, one over sea, one over land. From ...

Convair Physical Description 1954; experimental vtol, silver, cruciform tail, usn ... Both airplanes flew behind the same powerful Allison YT-40 turboprop engine. Allison created the YT-40 by mounting ...

The Convair 990 was indeed the fastest jet of its time. However, that speed had some tradeoffs — it only had a maximum seating capacity of 121 seats, and its maximum take-off weight (MTOW) was ...

Today, all that remains of Convair’s last big boats are, ironically, a few T40s stashed away in museums. And Johnston still has his cool Tradewind Zippo. You Might Also Like ...

Turboprop planes are similar to piston-engined aircraft because they both use propellers to generate thrust, but the similarity ends there. Instead of employing a reciprocating engine to rotate ...