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Before the Concorde defined what it meant to fly fast, another airliner tried to increase the speed of air travel. Using innovative new technologies, the Convair 990A managed to travel faster than any airliner before it. The Convair 990A is still the fastest non-supersonic airliner ever produced. While the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 are recognized as the first American airliners, Convair also produced an aircraft, the 880, around the same time. Although it looked similar to its competitors, the company was trying to capture a different segment of the market, believing there was a niche for a smaller, faster, and more luxurious medium-range aircraft. However, airlines showed little interest in the Convair 880. But in 1958, Convair seized another opportunity to gain a foothold in the airliner market. The company worked with American Airlines to modify the 880 into an even faster plane, capable of crossing the country at least 45 minutes faster than its competitors from Boeing and Douglas. But this proved to be a huge engineering challenge, as airliners like the Boeing 707 were already flying at the limit of subsonic speeds. Between subsonic and supersonic is a speed regime called transonic. At this speed, an aircraft's drag increases dramatically. Thus, Convair and its partner General Electric would innovate to produce the world's first turbojet-powered airliner and the first airliner with an anti-shock body integrated into the trailing edges of its wings. After many development difficulties, Convair engineers finally built the world's fastest subsonic aircraft. However, by the time it took flight, Boeing and Douglas were already firmly established as leaders in the new age of jet aircraft. Convair’s airliners, with their extra cruising speed and luxury at the expense of functionality, range and efficiency, were not what the market wanted. Reportedly, the company lost nearly half a billion dollars building its 880 and 990 airliners, and would never build another one. Special thanks to Major Kong for allowing us to use his fascinating article (and some genius punchlines) for this video: “Big Can Have Bees – Convair 880” https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015...
For an authoritative resource on the development of the Convair 990, see: Kutney, John T. (2007) "Inside Story of the Convair 990: The World's Fastest Subsonic Airliner", 43rd Joint AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Propulsion Conference and Exposition For a complete history of the development of the 880 and 990, see: Proctor, John (1996) "Convair 880 and 990 (Great Airliners Series, Vol. 1)", World Transport Press Special Thanks to: Coby Tang, Christian Altenhofen, and Razvan Caliman for supporting us on Patreon and helping Mustard grow: /mustardchannel
Music (reproduced under license): Intro: "Rock Surf Vintage Tarantino" https://audiojungle.net/item/tarantin...
Main & Outro: "On Funk" https://a
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Before the Concorde defined what it meant to fly fast, another airliner tried to increase the speed of air travel. Using innovative new technologies, the Convair 990A managed to travel faster than any airliner before it. The Convair 990A is still the fastest non-supersonic airliner ever produced. While the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 are recognized as the first American airliners, Convair also produced an aircraft, the 880, around the same time. Although it looked similar to its competitors, the company was trying to capture a different segment of the market, believing there was a niche for a smaller, faster, and more luxurious medium-range aircraft. However, airlines showed little interest in the Convair 880. But in 1958, Convair seized another opportunity to gain a foothold in the airliner market. The company worked with American Airlines to modify the 880 into an even faster plane, capable of crossing the country at least 45 minutes faster than its competitors from Boeing and Douglas. But this proved to be a huge engineering challenge, as airliners like the Boeing 707 were already flying at the limit of subsonic speeds. Between subsonic and supersonic is a speed regime called transonic. At this speed, an aircraft's drag increases dramatically. Thus, Convair and its partner General Electric would innovate to produce the world's first turbojet-powered airliner and the first airliner with an anti-shock body integrated into the trailing edges of its wings. After many development difficulties, Convair engineers finally built the world's fastest subsonic aircraft. However, by the time it took flight, Boeing and Douglas were already firmly established as leaders in the new age of jet aircraft. Convair’s airliners, with their extra cruising speed and luxury at the expense of functionality, range and efficiency, were not what the market wanted. Reportedly, the company lost nearly half a billion dollars building its 880 and 990 airliners, and would never build another one. Special thanks to Major Kong for allowing us to use his fascinating article (and some genius punchlines) for this video: “Big Can Have Bees – Convair 880” https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015...
For an authoritative resource on the development of the Convair 990, see: Kutney, John T. (2007) "Inside Story of the Convair 990: The World's Fastest Subsonic Airliner", 43rd Joint AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Propulsion Conference and Exposition For a complete history of the development of the 880 and 990, see: Proctor, John (1996) "Convair 880 and 990 (Great Airliners Series, Vol. 1)", World Transport Press Special Thanks to: Coby Tang, Christian Altenhofen, and Razvan Caliman for supporting us on Patreon and helping Mustard grow: /mustardchannel
Music (reproduced under license): Intro: "Rock Surf Vintage Tarantino" https://audiojungle.net/item/tarantin...
Main & Outro: "On Funk" https://a
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