Amazing Consolidated / Vultee - Convair
Consolidated's first design was one of those purchased by Fleet from Dayton-Wright, the TW-3 primary trainer, sold to the U.S. Army as the PT-1 Trusty. In September 1924 the company moved from the Gallaudet plant in Connecticut to new facilities in Buffalo, New York, and in the same year won a U.S. Navy contract for a naval version of the PT-1 designated the NY-1.
Consolidated Aircraft (and later Convair) had their headquarters in San Diego, California, on the border of Lindbergh Field (KSAN). Consolidated's first design was one of those purchased by Fleet from Dayton-Wright, the TW-3 primary trainer, sold to the U.S. Army as the PT-1 Trusty. In September 1924 the company moved from the Gallaudet plant in Connecticut to new facilities in Buffalo, New York, and in the same year won a U.S. Navy contract for a naval version of the PT-1 designated the NY-1. Lawrence D. Bell served as the Operating Head at Consolidated from 1929 to 1934. When the company relocated to San Diego, Bell decided to stay behind to start up his own company, the Bell Aircraft Corporation, in the former Consolidated plant. A Consolidated Aircraft hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport In September 1935 Consolidated moved across the country to its new "Building 1", a 247,000-square-foot (22,900 m2) continuous flow factory in San Diego, California. The first production PBY Catalina was launched in San Diego Bay in 1936, and the first XPB2Y-1 Coronado test aircraft made its first flight in 1937. Consolidated vice president Edgar Gott was responsible for securing the company's contract to design and build the B-24 Liberator bomber. The XB-24 Liberator prototype made its first flight in December 1939, and the first production order was from the French in 1940, just days before their surrender to Germany; six of these YB-24 Liberators were designated LB-30A and ferried to Britain.
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Type | Public company |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Predecessor | |
Founded | Buffalo, New York, United States, 1923; 100 years ago |
Founder | Reuben H. Fleet |
Defunct | 1943; 80 years ago |
Fate | Merged with Vultee Aircraft |
Successor | Convair |
Headquarters | San Diego, California, United States of America |
Key people | Isaac M. Laddon |
Parent | Aviation Corporation(1941–1943) |
Subsidiaries | Consairway |
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker (1946) – intercontinental bomber
Stinson 108 (1946) – general aviation aircraft
Consolidated B-24 - Consolidated PBY Catalina
Convair CV-240 (1947) Convair CV-340 Convair CV-440 Metropolitan
Convair C-131 Samaritan Convair CV-540 (1955) Convair CV-580
Convair CV-600 (1965) Convair CV-640 Convair CV 5800
Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan – licence built turboprop powered CV-440
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (1953) – Convair B-58 Hustler (1956) – Convair F-106 Delta Dart (1956) – Convair B-36 Peacemaker C1949)
Convair 880 (1959) – Convair 990 Coronado (1961) – Vultee BT-13 Valiant - Vultee A-13 Vengeance
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Vultee March 17–18, 1943 Aircraft
Vultee Aircraft, Inc. was an aircraft manufacturer founded in 1939 in Los Angeles County, California, when the Vultee Aircraft Division of the aviation holding company AVCO was reorganized as an independent company. It had limited success before merging with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation on March 17–18, 1943,
to form the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation − or Convair.
Model name, service name First flight Number built
Type
V-1 1933 25 Single engine airliner
V-11 YA-19 1935 169 Single engine attack aircraft
V-12 1939 79 Development of V-11
V-51 BC-3 1939 1 Prototype single engine basic combat trainer
V-54 BT-13 & BT-15 Valiant 1939 11,538 Single engine basic trainer
V-48 P-66 Vanguard 1939 146 Single engine fighter
V-72 Vengeance 1941 1,931 Single engine dive bomber
V-84 XP-54 1943 2 Prototype twin boom pusher engine fighter
V-90 XA-41 1944 1 Prototype single engine dive bomber
XP-68 Tornado n/a 0 Unbuilt development of V-84
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1923 by Reuben H. Fleet NY,
Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was a transport derivative
Convair F2Y Sea Dart was an American seaplane fighter aircraft twin hydro-skis
Convair R3Y Tradewind was an American 1950s turboprop-powered flying boat
Convair F-106 Delta Dart was an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed by Convair.
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