Convair isn't the world's biggest aircraft maker, but its 990 Coronado was one of the fastest planes of the 1960s. Why was ...

On March 16, 1947, the Convair CV-240 took flight for the first time, introducing modern advancements to commercial aviation.

North American was one of the great American aerospace manufacturers and built the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the B-1 Lancer, ...