#b 58 hustler

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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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Views from the guard tower observation deck above Grissom Air Park outside of Grissom Air Reserve Base in Kokomo, Indiana

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Convair B-58 Hustler

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Hustler photographed in flight - June 29th, 1967

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Convair’s B-58... America’s first supersonic bomber - 1957.

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Building the Convair B 58 Hustler

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Convair B-58 Hustler. Supersonic strategic bomber

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The Bendix Trophy winning B-58 Hustler. NMUSAF

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B-36 transporting a B-58 fuselage

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On November 11, 1956, the Convair XB-58 Hustler made its first flight. Photographed next to it is the Convair XB-36 Peacemaker.

"'We planned a first flight that was the epitome of simplicity,' Erickson recalled. 'We flew without the bomb pod that is part of the basic airplane. We were not yet authorized to fly with it. The airplane had two basic fuel tanks, a small 4500-gallon front tank and a main tank. We elected to use only the front tank. The main tank was empty. The configuration of the fuel system remained unchanged during the flight. The fuel pumps feeding the engines were on and they would stay on. No valve was actuated. The powerplants were fully operative, including the afterburners. But we did not use the afterburners. Configured for a return component [flying without a bomb pod], the airplane's weight was so small that it did not require afterburner. But they were available for an emergency. We had faith in the landing gear. And we retracted it, but not until everything else was lovely, and we were at 20,000 feet."

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Convair B-58A Hustler from the USAF SAC 305 BW at Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana at the Paris Air Show June 1965. ( gerrit kok)

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B-58 Hustler | The First Operational Mach 2 Bomber Made By Convair | Upscaled Footage

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The article "Convair B-58 Hustler — The Strategic Bomber Built to End the World" by Will Dabbs, MD, published in "The Armory Life," discusses the history and technical characteristics of the Convair B-58 Hustler, a Cold War-era strategic bomber designed for high-altitude, high-speed missions. Initially intended to perform a singular mission focused on nuclear delivery, the B-58 was engineered for speed and operated at Mach 2 and 70,000 feet. Despite its advanced design, including features like a delta wing and the use of four General Electric J79 engines, the aircraft faced limitations, such as vulnerability to surface-to-air missiles and challenging flight characteristics. The article details several engineering challenges, such as crew safety at high speeds, and mentions its operational history, highlighting it was never used in combat and was phased out due to the evolving nature of aerial threats. The piece emphasizes the B-58's role in America's nuclear triad and its iconic status as a technological marvel of its time.

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B-58 Hustler.

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Convair B-58 Hustler, the first supersonic bomber.