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Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953, it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, atau biasanya dikenali sebagai Convair, adalah sebuah kompleks pembangunan dan pengeluaran aeroangkasa Amerika Syarikat pada tahun 1940-an. Ia telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 1943 berikutan penggabungan antara Consolidated Aircraft dan Vultee Aircraft.
A 1949-built Convair 240 of Swissair at Manchester, England, in March 1950. To meet the requirements of airlines for a pressurized airliner, Convair produced a revised design—the Model 240.
The Convair 240, 340 and 440 was one of the closest designs to come near to being a Douglas DC-3 replacement as despite a glut of cheap DC-3s in the postwar years this family of airliners achieved considerable sales success.
Mar 16, 2023 · Today marks 76 years since the Convair CV-240's first flight on March 16th, 1947. Powered by Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines, the Convair CV-240 became the first pressurized, twin-engine aircraft, and went on to inspire several further variants that made up the CV-240 family.
Jan 23, 2024 · The Convair CV-240 first took to the skies in 1947 and went on to become a mainstay in airline fleets across the world. The CV-240 went through several generations, starting as an unpressurized 30-seat aircraft and evolving into a 52-seat turboprop.
Apr 8, 2019 · In 1943 the Vultee Aircraft Company and Consolidated Aircraft Corporation joined to form Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation which later became known as Convair. Consolidated built the United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator and the United States Navy PBY Catalina.
