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... of 20,000 cu ft. In late 1954 Ehricke left Bell for a position at Convair. He then presented his design to the US Government with a large model in late ...

With test pilot J. F. Coleman at the controls, the Convair XFY-1, a vertical takeoff aircraft, made the first free vertical takeoff and landing at Moffett Naval Air Station, Mountain View, Calif.

Test pilot J. F. Coleman flying the Convair XYF-1, took off in vertical flight, then shifted to horizontal, and finally changed back to vertical for landing at San Diego, Calif.

USAF announced Atlas ICBM under construction by Convair .

Plans were disclosed by the AF and Convair for a $41 million guided-missile facility at Sorento, Calif., for work on Atlas missile Atlas .

Initial flight of Convair B-58 delta-winged Hustler, the first supersonic bomber, made at Fort Worth, Tex. B-58 incorporated the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA "wasp waist" or "coke bottle" shape.

Convair B-58 Hustler publicly unveiled for the first time.

NASA created a committee to study problems of long-range lunar exploration to be headed by Dr. Robert Jastrow. ABMA Jupiter missile Jupiter IRBM made successful 1,500-mile flight at Cape Canaveral and was declared operational by the USAF. NASA awarded contract to Convair for development of Vega launch vehicle for deep space probes and satellites.

Convair F-106A broke straightaway course record at 1,525.05 mph, piloted by Maj. 3. W. Rogers (USAF). NASA released detailed comparison of United States and U.S.S.R. space sciences programs prepared by Dr. Homer E. Newell , which pointed up the importance of lead time in vehicle technology.

NASA selected Convair , General Electric, and Martin to conduct individual feasibility studies of an advanced manned spacecraft as ...

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