Talk:Convair 880

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In the Convair 990 article it says it cruises at Mach 0.91 Doesn't that make the Convair 990 the fastest American jet liner?

Yes, but initially, there was one article for the 880 and 990.

There is 880 and 990 information mixed. I'll slowly try to fix it. Archtrain 17:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mark from Minnesota:

Just found another "Survivor". Parked at the El Paso International Airport.

Thought it was a DC-8, but local FBO said it was an 880. Looked it up, and indeed it matches the pictures on the Wiki page.

Role of Howard Hugues

It would be worth adding something about the role of Howard Hughes in the failure of the 880. The Harvard Business school has a history of General Dynamics that blames "the eccentric and intrusive majority shareholder [of TWA] Howard Hugues". Another book claims that Hugues ordered $400 of planes and then couldn't get the funding, which both ruined Convair and chased Hughes to be ousted from TWA. It needs some research to get the facts straight, but this seems like an important story to tell here. DonPMitchell (talk) 17:45, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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