B-58 Arrives at Los Angeles at end of Trophy Flight

This Convair B-58, the Cowtown Hustler, arrives at Los Angeles at the end of its Bendix Trophy winning flight on 3-5-1962.
Date: March 5, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-58 Flight Crew preparing for Bendix Trophy run

The Convair B-58 flight crew make final preparations with another officer before a flight from Los Angeles to New York. This flight would win the 1962 Bendix Trophy: Lt. John T. Walton (defensive systems operator), Capt. Robert G. Sowers (pilot), and Capt. Robert McDonald (navigator). In this photo, the flight board behind the crew says, "Carswell Air Force Base," at the top.
Date: March 5, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mildred Thomas at work in a B-36 fuselage

Mildred Thomas at work in a B-36 fuselage in March 1951. She is drilling a hole in a metal bar.
Date: March 8, 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Myrel Williams at Lunch Wagon

Photograph of Myrel Williams selecting a snack from the lunch wagon in 1951.
Date: March 8, 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Convair Billboard

Photograph of the new Convair sign on billboard at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.
Date: March 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Convair Billboard

Photograph of the new Convair sign on billboard at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.
Date: March 8, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cutting Wing Skins with a Skil Saw

Photograph of a workman cutting a "wing skin" with a skil saw. He is cutting through some sheet metal and is wearing a protective face mask.
Date: March 20, 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Cars in Front of Convair Plant

Photograph of six cars parked in front of a large, brick building that has a large sign with a logo and the name "Convair: A Division of General Dynamics Corporation, Fort Worth." Two men are looking under the hood of the car on the far right.
Date: March 22, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-36 and group

Crewmen pose next to the last Convair B-36 airplane on the day of its delivery to SAM-SAC Cycle One.
Date: March 1, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Punching time clock

Photograph of a woman punching her time card in a time clock at Lockheed Martin at 4:19 on March 2, 1945.
Date: March 2, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History