No story best illustrates the progress of technology in aviation than that of the increase in reliability and power of the jet engine plus fuel burn reduction and its impact on the success of aircraft designs such as the Convair jets of the 1960s.
San Diego-based Convair, a division of General Dynamics attempt to enter the jet age in the late 1950s with the four-engine CV880 and CV990 as a follow-on to its successful twin-engine piston CV240, CV340 and CV440 family was a disaster due mainly to the advancement of the jet engine.
The project was also bedeviled by its sponsor Howard read more ⇒
Source:: AirlineRatings.Com