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23_0085125 Convair Collection Image

  • sonofthor said:
    Tail boom, rudder, and horizontal stabilizer of the Convair Model 118 (ConvAirCar). Test pilot Reuben Snodgrass flew the prototype, registration No. NX90850, for the first time on November 15, 1947. On November 18, 1947, while on a one-hour demonstration flight, it made a low fuel forced landing near San Diego, California, destroying the car body and damaging the wing.

Ted Hall Special Collection Photo

  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    Strange how this accident looks like a collision between an aeroplane and a car..... Sad ending. Stig

Ted Hall Special Collection Photo

  • Jim Phillips said:
    Did any of these survive flight testing?