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    Convair F-106 Delta Dart Convair 880 RIM-2 Terrier antiaircraft missile on board USS Providence Atlas rocket launching Friendship 7, the first U.S. crewed orbital space flight Atlas-Centaur with Pioneer 10 on launch pad. Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and ...

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      The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair...

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      Vultee Aircraft, Inc., was an aircraft manufacturer founded...

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    Box office. $224 million [1] Con Air is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich in the lead roles. Written by Scott Rosenberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film centers on a prison break aboard a JPATS aircraft, nicknamed as "Con Air".

  3. The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3.Featuring a more modern design with cabin pressurization, the 240 series made some inroads as a commercial airliner, and had a long development cycle that produced various civil and military variants.

  4. Con Air is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich. Written by Scott Rosenberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film centers on a prison break aboard a Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System aircraft, nicknamed "con air." It features Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Dave ...

  5. Mar 16, 2023 · By the time the Convair CV-110 first took to the skies in July 1946, American Airlines had deemed it too small, and also added the requirement of a pressurized cabin. This led Convair to pressurize the cabin, and extend the length of the fuselage to 74 ft 8 in (22.76 m), accommodating up to 40 passengers. And thus, the Convair CV-240 was born.

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  6. Jun 8, 2017 · The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built at 230 ft.

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  8. Oct 5, 2022 · October 5, 2023. DALLAS — Today in Aviation, the American-built, improved high-elevation performance 44-seat Convair CV-340 made its maiden flight in 1951. The aircraft was a stretch of the popular CV-240, one of the most advanced short-haul airliners of its day. The 240 was built following a requirement from American Airlines (AA) for a ...

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