#Convair B-58A Hustler

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USAF Convair TB-58A Hustler 55-0663 by Mark Allison Via Flickr: Located at Grissom Air Museum near Peru, Indiana, this B-58 is the oldest example of the type still in existence. It was only the 4th B-58 to roll off the production line, originally built as a YB-58A, before later being converted to TB-58A s trainer. -30/05/2022

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61-2080 1961 Convair B-58A Hustler USAF Pima 25.06.99 by Phil Rawlings Via Flickr: The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational supersonic jet bomber, and the first capable of Mach 2 flight. This particular Hustler was the last of 86 (only 116 of all variants were built in total) B-58As to be delivered to the USAF. She wears the markings of her last operator, the 305th Bombardment Wing, based at Grissom AFB, Indiana.

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Convair B-58A Hustler supersonic strategic Bomber. The aircraft was designed by Convairand developed for the United States Air Force(USAF) for service in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the 1960s until it's Retirement on 31 January 1970. Only 116 B-58A Hustlers where made by Convair Aircraft Corporation.

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B-58 Hustler escape pod

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Convair B-58A Hustler on its stork legs

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USAF Convair TB-58A Hustler 55-0663 by Mark Allison Via Flickr: Located at Grissom Air Museum near Peru, Indiana, this B-58 is the oldest example of the type still in existence. It was only the 4th B-58 to roll off the production line, originally built as a YB-58A, before later being converted to TB-58A s trainer. -30/05/2022

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#avgeek #aviation #facts #planespotting: Convair B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber had a fighter's beauty... The Wright Brothers first airplane flight to XB-58A's November 11, 1956 maiden flight was 53 years. Thus the B-58 debuted closer to 1903 than now! 1/

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This B-58A Hustler (US Air Force serial number 59-2456) was part of a group of 86 B-58As built at the then-Convair facility in Fort Worth, TX. This image circa 1962 shows the aircraft carrying the BLU-2B two component pod (fuel to the bottom, nuclear weapon on the top) on the aircraft centerline; four B-43 free-fall nuclear weapons under the wings; and the tail-mounted T-171 (later redesignated M61) Vulcan 20mm cannon. (Lockheed Martin)

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14 September 1962. Major Fitzhugh L. Fulton, U.S. Air Force, flew the Convair B-58A-10-CF Hustler 59-2456 Mach 2+ strategic bomber, with a full weapons load, to an altitude of 16.2 miles over Edwards Air Force Base, California.

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A Convair B-58A Hustler in Omaha. (SDASM)

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26 October 1962. The USAF received the 116th and last Convair B-58 Hustler, B-58A-20-CF 61-2080. It was assigned to the 305th Bombardment Wing at Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Indiana.

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16 October 1963. Major Sidney J. Kubesch, Major John Barrett and Captain Gerard Williamson flew Convair B-58A-20-CF Hustler, s/n 61-2059, ‘Greased Lightning’ from Tokyo to London, non-stop, in a record 8 hours, 35 minutes, 20.4 seconds.

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Convair B-58A Hustler Bomber (Snoopy I), since 1960 employed in the test program involving some sensors, radar and missile, later used in the AF-12 (YF-12A). The ventral compartment was installed to accommodate an AIM-47/ James Eastham missile

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Convair B-58A Hustler Bomber (Snoopy I), since 1960 employed in the test program involving some sensors, radar and missile, later used in the AF-12 (YF-12A). The ventral compartment was installed to accommodate an AIM-47/ Hughes Aircraft missile

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Convair B-58A Hustler Bomber (Snoopy I), employed in the test program involving some sensors, radar and missile, later employed in the AF-12 (YF-12A) / James Eastham Collection

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Convair B-58A Hustler