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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-aircraft-manufacturers (8029 words)

	Vultee XA-19
		The Vultee Aircraft Corporation was very largely the brainchild of Gerard Freebairn Vultee, formerly chief engineer at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation during the period that Lockheed was owned by the Detroit Aircraft holding company.
		Vultee was initially given space in Cord's private hangar at United Airport in Burbank, California, but in June ADC took over the former Century Pacific hanger at Grand Central Air Terminal in nearby Glendale.
		This aircraft was subsequently re-engined with a Pratt & Whitney R-1830-51 and redesignated XA-19C.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher4/a19.html (2037 words)

	Aero: Consolidated_Vultee
		Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation was formed in March 1943 with the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft corporations.
		AMC was liquidated on January 1, 1936 and Vultee Aircraft Division was formed as an autonomous subsidiary of AVCO.
		Vultee Aircraft, Inc. was created in November 1939, when Vultee Aircraft Division of AVCO was reorganized as an independent company.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Consolidated_Vultee/Aero33.htm (1697 words)

	P-66 Vanguard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vultee P-66 Vanguard was an accidental addition to the USAAF's inventory of fighter aircraft.
		It was initially ordered by Sweden, but by the time the aircraft were ready for delivery in 1941, the United States would not allow them to be exported.
		The Vultee P-66 was the product of an idea conceived in the late 1930s by the Vultee Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of developing four aircraft designed for different roles from a set of common wings and aft fuselage and tail assemblies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/P-66_Vanguard (555 words)

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		Light Aircraft manufactured by Stinson Predecessors to The Stinson 108 Voyager By Larry Westin - January 7, 1996 In the late 1930's Stinson was well known as the builder of business aircraft, specifically the large high wing Reliant series of radial engined cabin monoplanes.
		Vultee Aircraft Corporation purchased the Stinson Division in 1940 and moved headquarters to Downey, California.
		One aircraft, 57-6278, was purchased in 1957 for use by the Air Force Academy.
	www.stinsonflyer.com /avtext/stn-prd.txt (770 words)

	Fly-low
		Glen Schley and Janet McCullough are the pilots of this Vultee BT-13.
		This plane is in pristine condition, considering it was manufactured by Vultee Aircraft in Nashville, TN and delivered to the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) on August 5, 1941.
		The Vultee BT-13 was the basic trainer flown by most pilots during WWII and was the most widely used by the USAAF and the Navy.
	www.fly-low.com /wstories/showtell.html (428 words)

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		Vultee attracted the attention of the "boy wonder" of Wall Street, Errett Lobban Cord, who already owned or controlled several airlines, automobile manufacturers, and aircraft companies.
		On September 7, 1940, the USAAC announced to Vultee that they were changing the mission of the XP-54 from that of low-level combat to that of high-altitude bomber interceptor.
		In order to enter the aircraft, the seat was electrically lowered from the bottom of the aircraft by a switch mounted on the outside of the plane.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/airforce/p_series_fighters/p54 (2078 words)

	Editorials From The Downey Eagle Newspaper, February 4, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Since Douglas was doing military aircraft at the time, Northrop took his idea to mentor Alan Loughead (spelling later changed to "Lockheed.") In 1928, Northrop invited Vultee to join him and they built the Vega, one of the most popular planes of its day.
		Vultee was aware of the growing threat of war on many fronts, and converted the plane to a dive-bomber known as the V-11.
		Jerry and Sylvia Vultee were flying home from Washington, D.C. after presenting a new aircraft to the Army when their plane crashed, killing them both.
	citywd.com /E/eagle/2000/feb04/editoral.htm (2690 words)

	Convair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, universally known as Convair, was the result of a 1943 merger between Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft, resulting in a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States.
		It produced aircraft until 1965, then shifted to space and airframe projects.
		In 1994 this aerostructures unit was sold to McDonnell Douglas, the Fort Worth facility went to Lockheed, and in 1996 General Dynamics shut down the Convair Division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convair (130 words)

	Vultee P-66
		The Vultee Model 48 was an company-originated design evolved during the late 1930s by Richard Palmer, chief designer of the Vultee Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation.
		Before any production aircraft could be delivered to their Swedish customer, the US government placed an embargo on the export of military aircraft to Sweden, fearing that they might fall into Axis hands.
		Although the British had earlier rejected the Vultee fighter for their own use, they agreed to take over 100 of these aircraft under Lend-Lease as Vanguard Is. RAF serials BW208 through BW307 were assigned to these aircraft.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/p66.html (1744 words)

	Vultee Aviation, Gerard Vultee, E.L. Cord, Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Vultee V1A
		Although Vultee aircraft sold well overseas, the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC), superseded by the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) on 20 June 1941, had ignored their aircraft, and in January 1938, Vultee and his wife flew east on a sales trip.
		In November 1937, Vultee was reorganized as the Vultee Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation; this was the first time that a company was named Vultee.
		In 1939, Stinson Aircraft became a division of Vultee and on 14 November 1939, Vultee Aircraft, Incorporated was established to acquire the assets of the Aviation Manufacturing Company making Vultee a subsidiary of the parent company, the Aviation Company.
	www.aerospacelegacyfoundation.org /page10.html (745 words)

	Consolidated Aircraft
		Consolidated was well known for its flying boats of the 1920's and 30's culminating in the PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado.
		Perhaps the most famous Consolidated aircraft was the B-24 Liberator.
		Consolidated Aircraft was acquired by Vultee in 1943 forming Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft--abbreviated Convair.
	www.shanaberger.com /consolidated.htm (112 words)

	Consair sold to Vultee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Formal confirmation of reports that the comparatively small Vultee Aircraft Inc., of Downey plans to take control of the huge Consolidated Aircraft Corp. of San Diego was given yesterday afternoon in a joint statement by the companies.
		He said Vultee was purchasing the 348,822 shares of Consair stock owned by Maj. Fleet and an undisclosed number of shares held by other members of the Fleet family..
		Chudleigh, president of Aircraft Local 1125 of the A.F.L. Machinists union, which holds bargaining rights for most of Consair's 30,000 workers, said the contract between his union and the plane plant would continue if there is a change in management.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Text/consair-sold.html (844 words)

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		Vultee Aircraft, Inc., Stinson Aircraft Division, Wayne Michigan is the first registered owner.
		Next document in the airplane records is a telegram from Consolidated Vultee Aircraft dated November 15, 1944.
		On June 5, 1945 Stinson sent the CAA a telegram "Request cancellation of Stinson Division Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp Register Number NC-31532 10A Airplane and reassignment of NX-31532 to model 108 type revised 10A airplane." The CAA wanted clarification of the disposition of the original NC31532 and the serial number of NX-31532.
	www.stinsonflyer.com /avtext/stn-prt.txt (1336 words)

	Nashville plant produced several important 'warbirds' in WWII - Wednesday, 02/04/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Consolidated Vultee was the name of the plant here that produced some of the twin-engine P-38 fighters.
		Vultee was better known for the single-engine Vengeance dive-bomber.
		Vultee even had plenty of its own versions of ''Rosie the Riveter.'' With men away at war, women were welcomed into the Nashville work force for the first time in large numbers.
	tennessean.com /learn-nashville/archives/04/02/46440772.shtml?Element_ID=46440772 (684 words)

	About Consair
		Consolidated provided the club with 4 aircraft and any employee of Consolidated was allowed to use the aircraft for free.
		When Consolidated was sold to Vultee Aircraft Corporation in 1943 the club was incorporated as a public benefit non-profit corporation.
		The aircraft that Consolidated had provided to the club were transferred to the club by Consolidate Vultee Aircraft Corp. (Convair) at that time.
	www.consair.org /about.shtml (155 words)

	Lockheed PBO Hudson, Lockheed R4O Super Electra, by Jack McKillop
		In 1939, Vultee had begun a design effort on a pursuit aircraft and three training aircraft; one of these trainers was the Model 54.
		The aircraft was all metal with metal framed, fabric covered control surfaces, i.e., the elevators, rudder and ailerons; the tandem cockpits, under a continuous transparent canopy, had dual controls.
		The aircraft was underpowered, slow, noisy, unattractive and unforgiving but there is no record of any structural failures causing an accident or crash while in flight.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/aviation/snv_valiant.htm (1362 words)

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		Formed in 1934 by Mr R.B.C. Noorduyn as a successor to Noorduyn Aircraft Limited, which was formed in 1933.
		A subsidiary of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co., Ltd. from 1935, having formerly been a member of the Siddeley group.
		Produced such notable aircraft as the Lancaster, the York and the Anson.".
	www.w3.org /2001/sw/Europe/reports/thes/1.0/migrate/eh/eh_aircraft_extract.rdf.n3 (3487 words)

	Northrop Corporation
		The "nose blower" cowling was one method of cooling an aircraft engine that was investigated in the 1930s.
		There he experimented with the design of flying wing aircraft and developed his unique all-metal multicellular wing construction technique with its crisscrossing ribs and lengthwise parts forming a framework that looked like an egg carton.
		Their aircraft incorporated the latest thinking on engine design, new airfoil sections with low drag and improved stability, and the use of various high-lift devices, spoilers, and flaps.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Northrop/Aero40.htm (1545 words)

	Vultee Vengance
		This aircraft was built in the USA but served in the combat role with the RAF and Indian Air Force in Burma, with the French air force in North Africa and with the Royal Australian Air Force in the Pacific.
		Developed primarily in response to British interest, Vultee developed a two-seat dive bomber in 1940 which was to become known as the Vengeance.
		The British Purchasing Commission placed an initial order for 200 aircraft from Vultee along with a further 200 aircraft to be built under license by Northrop.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-air-support/ww2-allied/vultee-vengance.htm (235 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Vultee XA-41 was a robust attack aircraft with excellent handling qualities.
		Vultee chief test pilot Frank Davis took the XA-41 on its first flight in Downey on Feb. 11, 1944.
		The engine maker then scrapped the aircraft, even though the Korean War was then demonstrating a renewed need for a capable air-to-ground attack plane.
	www.airforcetimes.com /print.php?f=0-292308-1932959.php (657 words)

	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org - U.S.A.A.F. Resource Center - Consolidated-Vultee XP-81
		The prototype was fitted with a P-51D airscrew assembly and after ground tests were completed the aircraft was sent to Muroc where it made it's first flight.
		The intended purpose of this aircraft was to provide a long-range escort fighter for the Pacific theater but with the fall of Guam, Saipan and other islands the need for this aircraft dissolved.
		The prototype eventualy returned to Vultee were the TG-100 powerplant was installed.
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /URG/xp81.html (346 words)

	U. S. Army Aircraft Designations 1939-45
		Although not used in casual discussions, these two elements of an aircraft’s designation actually defined when and where an aircraft was built and by whom.
		A list of U.S. aircraft popular names, both Army and Navy, and their British equivalents is included as a separate article.
		In a few cases, a design or variant was produced for a foreign country but not used by the U.S. These odd balls were often designed by their manufacturer’s company project number, sometimes mixed with official type codes.
	rwebs.net /avhistory/acdesig/usarmy.htm (1157 words)

	Features From The Downey Eagle Newspaper, December 10, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Vultee and his wife were killed in an air crash in Arizona while enroute to Washington, D.C. in January 1938.
		He was succeeded as president and general manager of the Vultee plant by Richard Palmer who became chief engineer in 1940, and the plant was named Vultee Aircraft.
		Turning to the missile industry, the Vultee field division of Convair was awarded a $1.2 million contract to study long-range missile weapons systems, and focused on the ballistic missile concept.
	www.downeyeagle.com /~eagle/1999/dec10/features.htm (3652 words)

	Aircraft: Vultee BT-13A Valiant
		The aircraft had elliptical wings which folded at the tip and nonretractable landing gear.
		These aircraft took heavy losses when they met Allied fighters and those remaining 1944 were relegated to kamikaze aircraft.
		It was manufactured by Vultee Aviation, Downey, CA, and received by the USAAF on 28 June 1941.
	www.marchfield.org /bt13jap.htm (240 words)

	Aerospace and Aviation Books
		Bach, Richard BIPLANE Harper and Row 1966 The author, familiar with modern sophisticated aircraft, obtains an appreciation for pioneering aviators in his journey through the U.S. in a 1929 biplane.
		Cooper and Batchelor FIGHTER Scribners 1973 "A history of fighter aircraft." Combines, in a graphic way, all the technical, strategic and tactical factors that have contributed towards the historical development of the fighter as such from WWI through the post WWII eras.
		Shepherd, Christopher GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II Stein and Day 1976 "Each type of aircraft is accompanied by a brief 'biography' together with tables of the most important marks and their specifications." 4to, color and b+w photos, 143 pages.
	www.sonic.net /~books/air.html (4839 words)

	BT-13.org - Vultee - WWII Aircraft History and Information Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is manifested in a total production run of 11,537 aircraft in five variants.
		It was back in 1938 that Vultee Aircraft's chief designer, Richard Palmer, began the design of a fighter.
		The USAAC was made aware of the improvements made to the aircraft and in August 1939
	www.bt-13.org /aircrafthistory.html (657 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Roadable Aircraft - Consolidated Vultee Model 111
		The Consolidated Vultee Model 111 was a side-by-side two seat all-metal low-wing cantilever roadable monoplane.
		The Model 111 was powered by an air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine in the rear fuselage, driving a three-blade fixed-pitch Hartzell airscrew immediately aft of cruciform tail surfaces.
		Consolidated Vultee's interest in the possibilities of roadable aircraft types continued, resulting in the Model 116, developed under the direction of Theodore P. Hall and flown in 1947.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /roadable/cv_111.php (117 words)

	PARKER INFORMATION RESOURCES
		The aircraft was equipped with a novel feature, an automatic system with which one control lever lowered the landing gear and flaps, and set the propeller pitch and mixture for landing.
		The day the work was finished, it was being pushed across the street to a hangar when a Navy cadet lost control of his training aircraft while taxiing and the trainer smashed into the rear of the XTBU-1 completely chewing up the tail.
		A second squadron also began equipping with the aircraft but it was found that this new aircraft still had a lot of bugs that could not be fixed before the squadrons deployed so both squadrons re-equipped with the Eastern Aircraft TBM Avenger.
	www.parkerinfo.com /ap13.htm (780 words)

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