CONVAIR B-58 HUSTLER^67
Convair B-58 Hustler
Max speed: Mach 2
(1,319mph/2,122km/h)
Engine: 4 x General Electric
J79-GE-5A turbojets
Power: 10,400lb dry thrust,
15,600lb in afterburner,
from each engine
Length: 96ft 10in (15.45m)
Wingspan: 56ft 9in (17.3m)
Height: 29ft 11in (8.9m)
Service ceiling: 63,400ft (19,300m)
Max T/O weight: 176,890lb (80,240kg)
Payload: 1 x B53 or 4 x B43 or B61
nuclear bombsLeft: Maj Fitzhugh ‘Fitz’ Fulton sits in a cockpit
of a test Hustler. On 8 September 1962, he
piloted a B-58, carrying an 11,023lb payload to
an altitude of 85,360ft, a record for this category
that still stands.