Convair gave the first Tradewind a traditional ship’s christening with aquatic film star Esther Williams splashing the seaplane’s bow with waters collected from the seven seas. The Tradewind ...

Convair built aircraft for the U.S. military, including the B-36 Peacemaker — a massive 10-engine bomber — and the supersonic ...

Previous seaplanes were best suited for sheltered water, but designers at Convair and Martin worked the problem from two directions: hulls with high length-to-beam ratios for better stability and ...