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Vultee Aircraft
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First
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V54 |
BT-13 |
Valiant |
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Vultee
Aircraft started life in 1932 building fast executive transports
and attack bombers. Its most famous aircraft was the
BT-13/BT-15 Valiant trainer of which over 11,000 were built.
Vultee acquired Consolidated Aircraft in 1943, but
as the chosen name for the new company (Consolidated-Vultee) was
soon abbreviated to Convair, the name Vultee soon disappeared from
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History |
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1932:
When Lockheed-Detroit fails, Gerard
"Jerry" Vultee forms the Airplane Development Corp.
financed by E.L. Cord.
1934: Reformed as the Airplane
Manufacturing Corp. owned by AVCO (of which Cord is a partner).
1936: Renamed the Vultee Aircraft
Division of the Airplane Manufacturing Corp.
1940: AVCO merges Stinson
with Vultee to form Vultee Aircraft Inc.
1943: Vultee acquires Consolidated
to form Consolidated-Vultee (Convair). |
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Book:
Vultee Aircraft: 1932-1947
Jonathan Thompson |
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page updated 24 December 2005
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