Convair

1943-1996 aerospace manufacturer

Entityaerospace manufacturer launch service providerQ836947

Also known as Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation

Instance of: aerospace manufacturer
, launch service provider
Country: United States
Founded: 1943

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Convair, originally Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company created by the 1943 merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft, which later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. It was purchased by General Dynamics in 1953 and operated as their Convair Division for most of its corporate history.

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Follows: Consolidated Aircraft
Vultee Aircraft
Headquarters: San Diego
Dissolved: 1996
Industry: aerospace engineering
aerospace industry
Legal form: joint-stock company
Child organization or unit: Consairway
Product or material produced: airplane
rocket
missile
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Parent: Avco(1943–1947)
Atlas Corporation(1947–1953)
General Dynamics(1953–1996)
Founded by: Consolidated Aircraft
Vultee Aircraft
Military designation: Y(1954–1962) issued by: United States Navy
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1.Stated in United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010 Volume II Statistics
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