The Air Tahoma Convair 580 freighter that crashed in Ohio on 1 September was conducting its first flight following a C check, part of which included flight-control cable rigging, say investigators ...

Long before Concorde defined supersonic travel, Convair imagined a fleet of sleek, high-speed transports derived from the B-58 Hustler. Their vision included flying civilians in pressurized pods ...

None of the three crew members on board a US Convair 580 freighter has survived after the aircraft crashed shortly after departing its base at Columbus' Rickenbacker Airport. Initial indications ...

Convair’s B-58-9 project aimed to deliver a Mach 2 supersonic transport aircraft more than a decade before Concorde. Adapted from the B-58 Hustler, the design envisioned carrying over 50 ...

The Convair 580 ZK-CIB, often used for Chatham Islands passenger flights, will make its final flight on July 29. Air Chathams chief executive Craig Emeny said he hoped they would find a museum for ...