DALLAS — Today, in 1959, the first example of Model 22, the initial production version of the Convair 880, completed its maiden flight, marking a notable moment in aviation history. The Convair 880, ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1961, the Convair 990 'Coronado' made its inaugural flight. Convair developed this American-built, narrow-body, four-engined aircraft in response to a request from American Airlines ...

The year is 1961. USA needs an edge agaist the soviets. They turned to military supplier Convair, who at the time was looking into various applications of nuclear power in aircraft for the US navy.

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. On Sunday night, in the basement ballroom of the Salamander Hotel in Washington, D.C ...