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31 photos and 1 illustration tagged convairb58, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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• convairhustler
• b58hustler
• convairb58hustler
• b58
• airplane
• aircraft
• aviation
• bomber
• convair
• hustler
• militaryaviation
• ge
• generalelectric
• j79
• gej79
• generalelectricj79
• convairgeneraldynamics
• 19551969
• cockpit
• convairgeneraldynamicsftworthplantandpersonnel
• ftworthdivision
• consolidated
• peacemaker
• pw

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• American Aviation Historical Society 17 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 14 photos & illustrations
• NASA on The Commons 1 photo / illustration

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Convair B-58 Hustler: B-58 with weapons at GD Forth Worth

from SDASM Archives

• Eagle0025 said:

  B-58A-10-CF, s/n 59-2456. Assigned to 6512th Test Squadron, Air Force Systems Command (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA for sonic boom studies 1961-1962. Set a 26,017.93 meter altitude record while carrying a 5,000kg payload. To 43rd BW Carswell AFB, TX. To Little Rock AFB, AR. To MASDC 1969. Scrapped 1977.

SDASM Image

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  The ill-fated crew of Convair B-58A Hustler (USAF Ser. 59-2451) named "Firefly" - Lieutenant David F. Dickerson, Major Elmer E. Murphy, and Major Eugene Moses. All would perish on June 3, 1961 when the aircraft crashed approximately five miles from Le Bourget Airport. See: www.thisdayinaviation.com/10-1961/ aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=59733

Convair/General Dynamics Ft. Worth Plant and Personnel

from SDASM Archives

• Eagle0025 said:

  General Thomas S. Power, USAF Chief of Staff at the time.