The Emperor of West Texas

B-58 Hustler bomber in flames after it exploded on the Convair flight line

Convair B-58 Hustler during a test flight with landing gear deployed over the Convair factory

One of the first B-58 Hustler bombers built by Convair taxiing to an engine test pit

B-36. 13th plane off Convair assembly line

Convair-built Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile beginning a test launch

Republic RF-84F "Parasite" reconnaissance jet fighter being loaded into the bomb bay of a Convair RB-36

Air Force B-36 bomber takes off from the Convair runway

Convair B-58 crew at Carswell Air Force Base; Capt. H.S. Bialas, Maj. H.E. Confer, Maj. R.H. Weir

The first of 116 B-58 Hustlers produced by Convair

Six B-36 bombers fly in formation marking the end of the plane's production at Fort Worth's Convair plant, Carswell Air Force Base

A prototype XB-36 bomber taking off for first time

Lower fuel component pod being installed on a B-58 bomber

Scale model of a B-58 bomber attached to the bomb bay of a B-36

Convair B-58 Hustler

Convair XB-36 on first flight, Carswell Air Force Base

Pilots with Convair awards for accumulated flight hours in B-36 bombers

Experimental XB-36 bomber being towed past new B-58 bomber

Last B-58 Hustler as it nears completion on the General Dynamics production line

Artist's conception of future supersonic passenger transport plane inspired by Fort Worth Convair's B-58 bomber

Col. C. (Doc) Savage and Capt. Victor F. Grubbs in cockpit of the last B-36 built at Convair

Assembly line of B-36 bombers at the Convair facility in Fort Worth

Last B-58 Hustler being pulled by tractor off of the assembly line at General Dynamics, Fort Worth, Texas

Test pilots with B-58 Hustler bomber at Convair, Fort Worth

B-58 Hustler bomber during a test flight from the Fort Worth Convair plant

Republic RF-84F "Parasite" reconnaissance jet fighter being loaded into the bomb bay of a Convair RB-36