Convair CV-990-"Promo Film"-1961-Part ll/ll

RARE footage of the CV-990 prototype in action at Lindberg Field, San Diego, CA!

Also some 880 footage here as well.

This was the very same aircraft that was lost in 1973 in a mid-air collison with a Lockheed P-3 "Orion" on approach to Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, CA.

The 990 still holds the record for "Fastest subsonic airliner"; a ground speed of 675 mph at 25,000 feet was set in 1961.

That same year, a Rolls Royce powered DC-8-43 went through Mach 1 in a dive, at 44,000 feet, True Airpeed (TAS) of 660Mph..

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• 990
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[BillN6801]

Great vid. I'm trying to locate the actual Convair plant at San Diego. Would anyone have the co-ordinates so I could find it (or what's left of it) on Google Earth?

[areshermestop]

Absolutely amazing piece of commercial aviation history. Thanks for sharing !