The Convair YB-60 was a prototype heavy bomber built by Convair for the United States Air Force in the early 1950s. It was a purely jet-powered development...

later renamed the Convair YB-60. The YB-60 was inferior to Boeing's YB-52, and was terminated. The B-36 was the basis for the Convair XC-99, a double-decked...

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was...

were both converted YB-35 test aircraft. The YB-49 never entered production, being passed over in favor of the more conventional Convair B-36 piston-driven...

The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight....

Materiel Command, then returned to Convair for further testing. References: Encyclopedia of American Aircraft USAF Museum The YB-36A, a conversion of the original...

an air-to-air capability; none has a combat kill: Convair B-36 Peacemaker (wingspan), Convair YB-60 (wingspan), Ilyushin Il-76D (payload). A B-52B, Balls...

The Northrop YB-35/XB-35, Northrop designation N-9 or NS-9, were experimental heavy bomber aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation for the United...

J57-P-1WB As P-1W J57-P-2 YJ57-P-3 8,700 lbf (39 kN) thrust, used in the Convair YB-60 J57-P-4A 16,000 lbf (71.17 kN) thrust J57-P-5 J57-P-6 10,500 lbf (46...

between Ballina and Tenterfield in New South Wales, Australia B-60 may refer to : Convair YB-60, an American aircraft This disambiguation page lists articles...

116 8,820 Convair XB-46 heavy bomber 1947 retired prototype 1 10,000 Convair YB-60 heavy bomber 1952 retired prototype 2 33,000 Douglas A2D Skyshark attack...

comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Convair YB-60 Tupolev Tu-16 Handley Page Victor Tupolev Tu-95 Related lists List of...

1956 Operational 116 Convair XB-46 US Heavy bomber 1947 Prototype 1 Convair YB-60 US Heavy bomber 1952 Prototype 2 Curtiss A-12 Shrike US Attack 1933...

Fighter pilot killed. 24 June On the eighth test flight of the first Convair YB-60-1-CF, 49-2676, a flutter condition resulted in the trim tab disintegrating...

report, prompting the Army Air Forces to take control of the program. The YB-29 was an improved XB-29 and 14 were built for service testing. Testing began...

Eagle Bell XP-76 Northrop XP-79 Convair XP-81 Bell XP-83 XB-35 YB-49 XB-70 Valkyrie B-1A FICON project B-72 (WS-125) Convair X-6 Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion...

XB-46 Convair XB-53 Convair XC-99 Convair XF-92 Convair XFY Pogo Convair XP-81 Convair XP6Y Convair YB-60 (Convertawings Inc, Long Island, NY) Convertawings...

C-202 Halcón April 11 – Piasecki H-21 April 15 – Boeing YB-52 49–231 April 18 – Convair YB-60 April 27 – Tupolev "88" prototype of Tupolev Tu-16 May 19...

bomber) Northrop N-60 (ASW aircraft; lost to Grumman S-2 Tracker) Northrop N-63 (rival tailsitting VTOL design to Lockheed XFV-1 and Convair XFY-1) Northrop...

Jetmaster, North American XB-45 Tornado, Convair XB-46, Boeing XB-47 Stratojet, Martin XB-48, and Northrop YB-49. It is probably best known, however, as...

and era Amerika Bomber Convair B-36 Focke-Wulf Ta 400 Heinkel He 277 Junkers Ju 390 Messerschmitt Me 264 Nakajima G8N Northrop YB-35 Victory Bomber Dyer...

later known as Convair. The Los Angeles-based Consolidated Steel Corporation is not related. Consolidated Aircraft (and later Convair) had their headquarters...

LeMay, commander of Strategic Air Command (SAC), for being inferior to the Convair B-36 Peacemaker and having little capacity for further improvement, while...

– Unmanned missile technology demonstrator Convair X-11 – Single engine missile testbed for Atlas Convair X-12 – Three engine missile testbed for Atlas...

X-48C Cessna NA-37B Dragonfly 73-1090 Convair F-106B Delta Dart 59-0158 Convair TF-102A Delta Dagger 54-1353 Convair YB-58A Hustler 55-665 de Havilland Canada...

and intercontinental range of the B-52 with the Mach 2 top speed of the Convair B-58 Hustler. The new bomber was expected to enter service in 1963. Nuclear...

B-29 was exclusively used in World War II in the Pacific Theatre. The use of YB-29-BW 41-36393, the so-named Hobo Queen, one of the service test aircraft...

maiden flight. Facing off competition such as the North American XB-45, Convair XB-46 and Martin XB-48, a formal contract for 10 B-47A bombers was signed...

complex occupied over the decades by Convair, General Dynamics, and now by Lockheed Martin. The bulk of the Air Force Convair B-36, B-58 Hustler, F-111 Aardvark...

starting with the B-24C model. In April 1939, the USAAC initially ordered seven YB-24 under CAC contract # 12464. The US policy at the time, despite neutrality...