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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was the first supersonic interceptor, and the first delta-wing fighter, ever to become operational in the U.S. Air Force.

Turboprop aircraft maker ATR said on Wednesday it would scrap development of a new model designed to take off and land on short runways and concentrate instead on its existing portfolio.