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 ...

But the redesign worked. 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.

The 707 and DC-8 started commercial service in 1958 and 1959, respectively. The Convair 880 only arrived in 1960, while the Convair 990 Coronado came a year after that.

It was a Convair 880 that had been flying for Delta Air Lines for 15 years as a passenger jet. He paid $250,000 for it at the time, equivalent to $1.2 million today. But it wasn’t his first choice.

Upon its initial launch, the Convair 880 garnered attention in aviation circles, with reports suggesting that it held the title of the world's fastest jet transport, capable of reaching speeds of 615 ...

The Interior secretary can play an important role in helping strike those balances. Emily Wakild is the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands, Boise State University.

President-elect Donald Trump this week announced Republican Gov. of North Dakota Doug Burgum as his pick to oversee the U.S. Department of the Interior. The job is one of 15 executive department ...

What Convair required was an all-new airliner platform on the basis of the 880 but with many of its design's shortcomings addressed to satisfy American Airline's requirements.

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