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When it comes to awards and accolades, the Convair B-58 Hustler is truly unrivaled. The first bomber to ever reach Mach 2, its speed is what set the B-58 apart from the rest - but this also came with its own consequences. The aircraft was constructed with top-of-the-line technology and piloted by the best the US Air Force had to offer, but it.
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The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight.. The B-58 was developed during the 1950s for the United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC). To achieve the high speeds desired, Convair chose a delta wing design used by contemporary interceptors such as the Convair F-102.
TB58A HUSTLER Grissom Air Museum
Convair built 116 B-58s: 30 test and pre-production aircraft and 86 for operational service. Hustlers flew in the Strategic Air Command between 1960 and 1970. Setting 19 world speed and altitude records, B-58s also won five different aviation trophies. The B-58A on display set three speed records while flying from Los Angeles to New York and.
B58 Hustler Mixed Media by Erik Simonsen Fine Art America
The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational supersonic strategic bomber capable of Mach 2 flight built by Convair, introduced in March 1960. Development commenced in the 1950s to be in service with the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC).
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B-58 Escape Capsule. When the B-58 Hustler entered service in 1961, the three crew members had typical ejection seats, but ejection from the Hustler at very high speed proved extremely dangerous. To improve aircrew survivability, the Stanley Aircraft Corp. developed an ejection capsule which was retrofitted into the aircraft in late 1962.
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History of the CONVAIR B-58 Hustler. The CONVAIR B-58 Liar Delta Wing was the first operational supersonic bomber of the United States Air Force (USAF). The product was designed to fly at fairly high speeds at high speeds, a quality popular with early Cold War bombers who simply needed to "fly over" enemy air defenses, including interceptors.
Convair B58 Hustler
The Hustler was a direct successor to the B-47 Stratojet in the medium bomber role. Medium bombers were expected to attack the Soviet Union from overseas bases. By the time the Hustler entered.
My grandfather (left) next to his B58 Hustler [811x547] WarplanePorn
CombatAir. The Convair B-58 Hustler is widely remembered today as the most spectacular Cold War bomber to make it into service with the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command. But as well as.
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Service and records The SAC's two Hustler bomber wings were kept on alert at a time when one phone call could bring nuclear holocaust to a large part of the planet - within a matter of minutes. While on alert, crews had to train to run to their 'cocked' aircraft (often armed with five live nuclear bombs during actual nuclear alerts) to prepare to be airborne in a matter of seconds, if.
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The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. The B-58 was developed during the 1950s for the United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC). To achieve the high speeds desired, Convair chose a delta wing design used by.
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Originally, the B-58's mission was to fly high and fast to avoid the Soviet interceptors. However, along with a strategic relevance, the top speed of the aircraft allowed the Hustler to achieve.
CONVAIR B58 Hustler Cold Warera Bomber of USAF
The B-58 was a four engine, delta wing bomber, capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound). It carried a crew of three: pilot, navigator/bombardier, and defensive systems operator, each sitting in tandem in individual escape capsules.
B58 Hustler United States Nuclear Forces
Convair YB-58A-1-CF Hustler, ( AF Ser. No. 55-0661 ), the second aircraft built. Convair B-58A Hustler front view. A Convair B-58A is the chase aircraft for a North American XB-70A. Third B-58 with GE J93 engine pod on display at Edwards AFB. This airplane was modified as a TB-58A and served as a chase airplane for the XB-70A program.
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Between 1956 and 1962, Convair built a total of 116 B-58 Husters of all types. Today, only eight aircraft survive. 55-663/4 B-58A, converted to TB-58A. On display at Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, IN. First Flight was 8/12/57. Aircraft used in pod drop program and made first supersonic pod drop 9/30/57. Made first supersonic upper TCP (Two.
It Never Saw Combat, But The B58 Hustler Was Ready To Destroy
This web site is dedicated to those brave crew who flew the Convair B-58 Hustler. One of the two wings to have the B-58, was the 305th Bomb Wing at Bunker Hill Air Force Base, which became Grissom Air Force Base after Gus Grissom's death in the Apollo program. (Only two wings had the B-58: the 43rd and the 305th, the 43rd was both at Carswell.
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Convair B-58 Hustler - USA. The Convair B-58 was the first supersonic bomber built in the West. The Boeing B-47 and its bigger brother, the B-52 Stratofortress, developed in the early years after World War II, represented the application of jet power to conventional bombing concepts of the day. Still traveling at subsonic speeds, the two big.