Convair Deltas: From Seadart to Hustler

Convair Deltas: From SeaDart to Hustler tells the compelling story of America's aerospace industry in its heyday, when manufacturers boldly took the initiative to explore futuristic new designs by actually building and test flying airplanes to determine how well they would work, if at all. Convair led the way in this area with America's only complete family of delta-wing aircraft that included America's first delta-wing jet, the one-of-a-kind XF-92 experimental prototype, the XF2Y-1 jet-powered seaplane, the XFY-1 Pogo turboprop vertical takeoff and landing fighter, the F-102 Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta Dart supersonic missile-firing interceptors, and the revolutionary record-breaking four-engine B-58 Hustler - the world's first Mach 2 strategic bomber. Noted aviation author Bill Yenne thoroughly documents Convair's quest to conquer the aerodynamic mysteries of the delta wing with stories of the dramatic struggles and technological breakthroughs that gave the world some of its greatest fighter and bomber aircraft.

“"This is a beautiful, well written book about aircraft which have always caught the public's imagination. For the Convair fan, Yenne provides detailed information, some never before published, along with full specifications, tail numbers and unit assignments."”

"I can recommend this book to modelers and aviation historians alike. All will like it and find useful information within its covers."--Hubb Plott"IPMS/USA" (10/28/2015)

Bill Yenne is the San Francisco-based author of more than four dozen books on military and historical topics. He is also a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Convair Deltas: From SeaDart to Hustler tells the compelling story of America's aerospace industry in its heyday. It was a time when manufacturers boldly took the initiative to explore futuristic designs by actually building and flying airplanes to determine how well they worked, if at all. Convair led the way with a complete family of aircraft that included America's first delta-wing jet, the revolutionary XF-92A, and the world's first jet-powered seaplane, the XF2Y-1 SeaDart. Added to that list were the XFY-1 Pogo turboprop vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) fighter and the F-102A Delta Dagger and F-106A Delta Dart supersonic missile-firing interceptors. As a fitting finale, Convair also produced the record-breaking four-engine B-58 Hustler--the world's first Mach 2 strategic bomber. Noted aviation author Bill Yenne thoroughly documents Convair's quest to conquer the aerodynamic mysteries of the delta wing. His stories explain the dramatic struggles and technological triumphs that gave the world some of its greatest fighter and bomber aircraft. While a number of these individual aircraft have been covered in other books over the years, there has never been a major work featuring the detailed developmental history of all six together. Plus, this book shows them in the proper historical context of U.S. aircraft designed for frontline operation during the Cold War.

Convair Deltas examines each of the company's delta-wing programs in detail using dozens of original factory photos to highlight the narrative.

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