Key Points and Summary on B-58 Hustler - The Convair B-58 Hustler, America's first Mach 2 supersonic bomber, was a revolutionary but deeply flawed Cold War weapon. -Born from a desire to outpace ...

Key Points - The Convair B-58 Hustler was the world's first supersonic bomber, a Cold War marvel designed to penetrate Soviet airspace at Mach 2. -It carried its nuclear weapon and extra fuel in a ...

As the first operational Mach 2 bomber, the B-58 pushed the boundaries of aerodynamic design, propulsion, and avionics, positively influencing subsequent aircraft. During the Cold War, the Americans ...

A Total Failure? The Convair B-58 Hustler was the world’s first supersonic bomber and the first to reach Mach 2 speeds. Developed in the 1950s for the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command during the ...

Since its founding in 1947, the U.S. Air Force has operated a variety of aircraft. It has plenty of bombers, fighters, transport planes, and more, but not everything the Air Force flies is exceptional ...

The B-58 is moved by T&A Rigging from the Grissom Airpark, where it’s been on display since the 1990s, to the plane’s new ...