Convair isn't the world's biggest aircraft maker, but its 990 Coronado was one of the fastest planes of the 1960s. Why was ...

The Convair 990 Coronado was a marvel of engineering—designed to be the fastest subsonic airliner in commercial history. With ...

This is the story of the Convair 990 Coronado, a failed commercial passenger jetliner that had a miraculous second renaissance working for NASA.