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    The Convair XC-99, AF Ser. No. 43-52436, is a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force. It was the largest piston-engined...
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    Museum Convair B-36 variants Lycoming XR-7755 Revolt of the Admirals "Victory Bomber" Kégresse track Related development Convair YB-60 Convair XC-99 Aircraft...
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    Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was...
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    Stratofreighter Boeing XF8B Boeing XB-44 Superfortress Convair B-36 Peacemaker Convair XC-99 Curtiss XBTC Curtiss XP-71 (not built) Douglas C-74 Globemaster...
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    Traders Carvair Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy Bristol Freighter Convair XC-99 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Canceled projects for double-deck passenger...
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    Longest until the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and widest until the Stratolaunch Convair XC-99 23 Nov 1947 Transport 1 60.80 yards (55.60 meters) 76.66 yards (70.10...
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    reaching any target on the globe. R4360 engines also powered the Convair XC-99. Convair built this one-and-only transport in 1947 to use the technology...
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    Stratofreighter Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Convair XC-99 Douglas C-54 Skymaster Douglas C-118 Liftmaster Douglas C-124 Globemaster...
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    loading: 54 lb/sq ft (260 kg/m2) Power/mass: 0.073 hp/lb (0.120 kW/kg) Convair XC-99 Hughes H-4 Hercules Saunders-Roe Princess Related lists List of civil...
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    and era Antonov An-22 Blackburn Beverley Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Convair XC-99 Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation (R7V-2/YC-121F)...
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    The development of the Convair B-36 strategic bomber began in 1941 with the XB-36, which was intended to meet the strategic needs of the US Army Air Forces...
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  • Strategic / Tactical 1944 5.5 6,400 Prototype Convair XC-99 US Propeller Strategic 1949 45 13,041 Prototype Convair C-131 Samaritan US Propeller Tactical 1950...
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    Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bristol Brabazon Convair XC-99 Saunders-Roe Princess Related lists List of United States Navy aircraft...
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    The Wee Bee with the Convair XC-99, the largest piston-engined land-based aircraft....
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    Convair XC-99 attached to the MATS 1700th Air Transport Group, Kelly AFB, Texas, 1954. Note San Antonio Air Materiel Area (SAAMA) tail marking, indicating...
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    Liberator Express CS Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter/KC-97 Stratofreighter CT Convair XC-99 CU Douglas C-117 Skytrooper CV Douglas C-118 Liftmaster CW Lockheed...
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    October 1993 – present B-29 Superfortress, 1947–1948 Convair B-36, 1948–1958; RB-36, 1950 Convair XC-99, 1949 B-52 Stratofortress B-52F (1957–1969); B-52D...
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    (Taiwan) completed three days of voting for the National Assembly. The Convair XC-99 cargo plane flew for one hour and two minutes in its initial flight...
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  • Vagabond November 17 – Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar November 23 – Convair XC-99 November 24 – Grumman XF9F-2, prototype of the F9F-2 Panther December...
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    Liberator, LB-30, 1942–1945 B-29 Superfortress, 1946–1948 Convair B-36, 1948–1958 Convair XC-99, 1949 B-52F Stratofotress 1957–1969 B-52D Stratofortress1969–1983...
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  • R4Y Convair Super Hustler Convair T-29 Convair X-6 Convair X-12 Convair X-30 NASP Convair XB-46 Convair XB-53 Convair XC-99 Convair XF-92 Convair XFY...
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    American countries. A damaged B-24D, 42-40355 became what is referred to as the XC-87B with an extended fuselage and low altitude engine packages. This transport...
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    evaluation the prototype was demilitarized in the mid-1940s, returned to Convair, and leased to American Airlines as a freighter with the name "City of...
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    directed tests of the XB-43 Jetmaster, the first U.S. jet bomber; the Convair XC-99, and the North American F-86A Sabre. With the transfer of this part...
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    Consolidated Aircraft (category Convair)
    later known as Convair. The Los Angeles-based Consolidated Steel Corporation is not related. Consolidated Aircraft (and later Convair) had their headquarters...
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  • Vultee Aircraft (category Convair)
    17–18, 1943, to form the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation − or Convair. In 1932, Errett Lobban Cord formed the Airplane Development Corporation...
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    II List of military aircraft of the United States Notes Baugher, Joe. "Convair PB4Y-2 Privateer." American Military Aircraft, 23 August 1999. Retrieved:...
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  • Boeing X-32 Boeing X-45 Convair XF-92A 46-0682 Douglas X-3 Stiletto 49‐2892 Fisher P-75A Eagle 44-44553 Grumman X-29A 82-0003 LTV XC-142A 62‐5924 Lockheed...
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    B-24 B-32 XB-41 B-36 BY XB2Y LB-30A/B Liberator B.I Liberator GR.I TBY Transports C-11 C-22 C-87 XC-99 C-109 RY R2Y Liberator C.IX Reconnaissance F-7...
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    replica of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis. and the Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A, a cargo plane capable of a vertical takeoff and landing. A full-size...
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