WAUConvairPHColl593.xml Guide to the Convair Photograph Collection 1952-1957 Convair Photograph Collection Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2002 (Last modified: 4/12/2018)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0593 General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division Convair Photograph Collection 1952-1957 54 photographic prints ((1 box)) Collection materials are in English. 1950s publicity photographs from the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation and Convair

In 1923 the E.F. Gallaudet Aircraft Co. acquired patents and manufacturing rights from Dayton-Wright (U.S. Army Air Corps headquarters) and founded Consolidated Aircraft Corp. Consolidated Aircraft merged with Vultee Aircraft Corp. of San Diego, Calif., in 1941 and produced mostly military aircraft. The name was changed to Convair in 1943. Convair became a division of another military contractor, General Dynamics Corp., in 1953.

This collection consists of publicity photographs of Consolidated Vultee and Convair designs from the 1950s. It is divided into five sections: Commercial Airplanes, Military Airplanes, Production, Static Test Center, and Solar Furnace. The collection primarily contains photographs of military aircraft, including some showing the famous B-36 Peacemaker and B-58 Hustler bombers. The most well documented sections, however, are of experimental military designs, the Static Test Center, which tests metal fatigue, and the experimental "Solar Furnace" (solar-powered laser).

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The collection has been compiled from items in the repository's transportation-related subject photographs file.

Processed by Tim Held, 2002.

 General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division Convair airplanes--Photographs Airplanes, Military--United States--Photographs Airplanes--United States--Flight testing--Photographs B-36 bomber--Photographs B-58 bomber--Photographs Research aircraft--Photographs Publicity photographs Design drawings Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Photographs Business, Industry, and Labor Transportation Military

 

Convair Airplanes 1/1 1 [Number not used] 1/1 2 Convair Skylark 600 airplane Apr. 11, 1956 Convair

Artist's depiction.

 1/1 3-4 Convair Golden Arrow airplane June 21, 1956 Convair

Artist's depiction.

 Military Airplanes 1/2 5 Convair R3Y flying boat hull section under construction May 2, 1952 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/2 6 Convair flying boat hull section under construction Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/2 7 Convair R3Y-1 Tradewind flying boat Mar. 25, 1953 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp

Artist's depiction.

 1/2 8 Convair R3Y-1 Tradewind flying boat, first flight Feb. 25, 1954 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/3 9 Convair C-131A Samaritan airplane cut-away model Jan. 26, 1953 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/4 10-12 Convair XFY-1 experimental airplane in stages of launch sequence Mar. 17, 1954 Convair 1/4 13 Convair XFY-1 experimental airplane tethered in hanger for initial flight trials with F. "Skeets" Colman as test pilot June 17, 1954 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/4 14-19 Convair XFY-1 experimental airplane undergoing flight trials with test pilot J. F. "Skeets" Coleman at Brown and Moffett Naval Air Stations Aug. 1, 1954 Convair 1/5 20-24 Convair F-102 Interceptor airplane undergoing flight tests at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Feb. 27, 1954 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/5 25-30 Convair F-102A interceptor airplane undergoing flight tests with test pilot Richard Johnson at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and Lindberg Field, San Diego, Calif. Jan. 5, 1955 Convair 1/6 31 Convair Terrier anti-aircraft guided missile launching from USS Mississippi July 19, 1955 Convair 1/7 32-36 Convair XF2Y Sea Dart experimental navy fighter plane undergoing flight tests Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/8 37 Convair NB-36H airplane, the first aircraft to fly with an operating atomic reactor aboard Aug. 6, 1956 Convair 1/9 38 Convair B-58 Hustler airplane, America's first supersonic bomber Dec. 26, 1956 Convair Convair Production 1/10 39 Convair Liner 340 under construction at the San Diego, Calif., plant Aug. 28, 1952 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/10 40 Convair trisonic wind tunnel Mar. 21, 1955 Convair

Artist's depiction.

 1/10 41 Convair electronically controlled milling machine Mar. 28, 1955 Convair

Artist's depiction.

 1/10 42 Ellis Barron and Robert Whaling with the Convair "Addaverter" electronic and digital computer May 14, 1957 Convair Convair Static Test Center 1/11 43-47 Convair Static Test Center, San Diego, Calif. Jan. 6, 1953 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp Convair Solar Furnace 1/12 48 Convair Solar Furnace, San Diego, Calif. Apr. 15, 1954 1/12 49-51 Convair Solar Furnace in operation Apr. 15, 1954 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/12 52 Display of ceramic materials burned in Convair's Solar Furnace Apr. 15, 1954 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/12 53 Smoker demonstrates the solar furnace principle by lighting a cigarette with a flashlight reflector Apr. 15, 1954 Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp 1/12 54 Solar Furnace made from a search light May 26, 1955 Convair 1/12 55 Thermodynamic test specialist operating the solar furnace May 26, 1955 Convair