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...plants 1,100 miles apart last week, General Dynamics' Convair Division gave the U.S. a peek at two new developments in the deadly art of aerial warfare, one over sea, one over land. From San Diego, Convair's giant R 3 Y-2 Tradewind turboprop transport went aloft as the Navy's newest flying boat tanker, packing enough fuel for eight swept-wing jets as they snuggled up, four at a time, behind trailing funnel-fitted hoses. Even bigger news was Convair's new B58 Hustler bomber, a plane eight years in development as the nation...
...FRAMES: Convair and Glenn L. Martin Co. are developing separate intercontinental frames, each with a different shape and rocket arrangement. An intermediate-range frame is being developed by Douglas Aircraft...
...ailing airline, T.A.E. (TIME, Aug. 6). Onassis' deal with the Greek government stipulates that T.A.E. start serving South Africa and the Far East by 1958, fly to New York by 1959. Onassis will spend some $10 million for expansion, is trying to buy three DC-7B and two Convair 440 airliners...
ATLAS GUIDED MISSILE, first U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile, will be produced in new plant under construction by Convair at San Diego. To cost $40 million, plant will be ready...
...CONVAIR GOLDEN ARROW jet transport will go into production with initial orders for 40 planes totaling $200 million. Trans World Airlines will buy 30, Delta Airlines will take another ten of the four-jet, medium-range (3,000 miles) airliner. Originally named Skylark (TIME, April 23), new jetliner will cruise at 600 m.p.h. (slightly faster than bigger Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8) with 80 passengers, go into service late...