John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign utilized a converted Convair CV-240, nicknamed "Caroline," marking the first time a presidential candidate leveraged private aviation for a significant ...

At 11:36 on the morning of last Aug. 4, American Airlines Flight 476, a Convair 240 with two 18-cylinder engines, took off from Springfield, Mo. headed for St. Louis. Twenty-one minutes later, at ...

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Compared with today’s passenger aircraft, they were much more difficult to fly. The instrumentation was minimal, and the control pressures were like driving a heavy dump truck. While I was in the Navy ...