A Total Failure? The Convair B-58 Hustler was the world’s first supersonic bomber and the first to reach Mach 2 speeds. Developed in the 1950s for the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command during the ...
Designed to fly at high altitudes and at supersonic speeds, the United States Air Force‘s Convair B-58 Hustler was actually the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flights. The B-58 was ...