Dick Johnson sits in the cockpit of a Convair B-58 airplane.

Three men and a pilot stand next to a plane about to enter the "Hustle Up" Program. The plane is named "Ben - Hur" with crew chief, Staff Sergeant H.E. Evans.

Colonel William R. Payne holds a replica of the Harmon Trophy.

Crewmen G.C. Tate, Dick Johnson and O.D Lively stand together under a plane.

Dick Johnson sits in the cockpit of a Convair B-58 airplane.

Dick Johnson displays 4 Delta Wing Model Planes.

A crowd views a General Electric J79 Aircraft Jet Engine on display at an Open House.

An officer points to something unknown while standing next to a sign displaying information about the "Atlas Booster Section." The boosters were the final part of the Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.

Photograph of the fuselage of the B-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane. It's RB-36D 44-92088. Modified to carry the "Boston camera" and re-designated ERB-36D, it was eventually scrapped at Kelly AFB in 1955.

Photograph of the fuselage of the RB-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane.

Photograph of L.D. Stokes operating the engine lathe at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in November 1953.

Photograph of the main entrance to Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas in November 1953. A new sign is posted at the gate reading, "Entrance to this Defense Plant is Granted for Official Business Only". A guard points to the sign as an automobile enters the gate.

Flight crew of a B-36F plane No. 109, posing in front of the plane's nose in their pressurized suits and helmets in November 1952. Front (L-R): G.L. Whiting, B.L. Woods, I.G. Hanten, and R.L. D'Abadie. Back (L-R):A.S. Witchell, J.D. McEachern, J.G. Parker and R. D. Norvell.

Photograph of the B-36 assembly line in November 1957. Planes are lined up in a warehouse as far as the eye can see. Scaffolding stands next to the wing and nose of the front plane.

Station 9 on the B-36 assembly line on November 12, 1951.

Station 8 on the B-36 assembly line on November 12, 1951.

Employees paying poll tax in the cafeteria on November 9, 1951. Employees (L-R): J.W. Melcher, E.C. Massingill, Jr., F.H. West, T.A. Johnston, J.A. Gordon, W.D. West, C.F. West, Chester May, C.F. Jones. Poll tax men: W.S. Lamb and J.I. Short.

First birthday party group of the Convair B-58 airplane.

Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, Carter, with the help of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, arranged for fuel, food, lodging for the flight crews, and moorings for the aircraft in Lake Worth. To keep the mission secret, the public was told the planes were in Fort Worth to weather out a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The quick response from Carter and the Chamber of Commerce later helped convince Consolidated Aircraft to build a manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, which is still in operation and today is home to a completely different breed of Cat-- the F-35."

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson hold hands as the crowds applaud upon their arrival at the General Dynamics Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson hold hands as the press looks on and applauds, upon their arrival at the General Dynamics Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson greet the crowd upon their arrival the General Dynamics Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas.

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.