7256 x 4837 px | 61,4 x 41 cm | 24,2 x 16,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
23 febbraio 2017
Ubicazione:
Tucson, AZ
Altre informazioni:
Continuing our tour, I was pleasantly surprised to see a Convair B-58A Hustler, another one of the model aircraft I constructed as a child. The B-58 is distinguished as the world's first supersonic bomber, able to reach a speed of Mach 2. It featured a delta wing with four General Electric J79 engines and was capable of carrying five nuclear weapons. It was designed to fly at high altitudes and supersonic speeds to avoid Soviet fighters. However, the Soviet Union developed advanced surface-to-air missiles which forced the U.S. Air Force to change its strategy so that the B-58A became a low-level penetration bomber. And since it was never outfitted with conventional bombs, its operational life came to an end after only ten years of service — 1960 to 1970.
