Convair Ad and Poster Collection: Convair was an American aircraft manufacturing company which later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft, and went on to produce aircraft such as the Convair B-36 bomber, the F-102 Delta Dagger, the F-106 Delta Dart, the B-58 Hustler bomber, as well as the Convair 880 and Convair 990 jet airliners. It also manufactured the first Atlas rockets, including the rockets that were used for the manned orbital flights of Project Mercury. (Wikipedia)
Convair Ad and Poster Collection:
1950’s Ads and Posters:
1951 Engineering … To The Nth Power. B-36F. In the air it’s Convair.
1952 Engineering to the Nth power… O’er the ramparts we watch. Convair
1952 Engineering to the Nth power… The Hand Behind Tomorrow’s Blueprint! Convair
1953 people with get-up-and-go like the Convair’s get-up-and-go!
1953 A meeting of minds… To Win A War Before It Starts. Convair
1954 Birds Of A Feather… The world’s best airliners are built in America. Convair
1955 All the world’s a stage for Convair’s luxurious new 440 metropolitan
1955 En Garde! On Guard For America’s Air Defense. Convair F-102
1956 Convair’s supersonic F-102A. Well timed…
1956 In aviation… opportunity knocks twice. Convair
1956 Triple duty… on the double! Convair
1957 Convair’s B-58… America’s first Supersonic Bomber! A New Force For Freedom Spreads Its Supersonic Wings
1957 Convair B-58 – major portions of its primary structure are made of Hexcel Honeycombs
1958 Convair Jet-Liner Masterpiece Of Design
1958 Convair’s Jet 880 and Convair’s supersonic B-58. Two Of A Kind … the world’s fastest!
1960’s Ads and Posters:
1960 Convair’s B-58 Hustler and Convair’s Atlas ICDm. Partners For Peace… manned and unmanned
1960 Convair’s 880, the only American-built airline with all first-class seating… General Dynamics Corporation