Convair

Summary

Convair is an aerospace manufacturer^[1]. Convair ranks in the top 8% of aerospace_manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Convair is in the country of United States^[3].
• Convair's instance of is recorded as aerospace manufacturer^[4].
• Convair's instance of is recorded as launch service provider^[5].
• Convair's founder is recorded as Consolidated Aircraft^[6].
• Convair's founder is recorded as Vultee Aircraft^[7].
• Convair's follows is recorded as Consolidated Aircraft^[8].
• Convair's follows is recorded as Vultee Aircraft^[9].
• Convair's headquarters location is recorded as San Diego^[10].
• Convair's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145557832^[11].
• Convair's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n91123946^[12].
• Convair's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566551^[13].
• Convair's child organization or unit is recorded as Consairways^[14].
• Convair's Commons category is recorded as Convair^[15].
• Convair's industry is recorded as aerospace engineering^[16].
• Convair's industry is recorded as aerospace industry^[17].
• +1943-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Convair^[18].
• Convair was dissolved in +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Convair's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g2g1^[20].
• Convair's parent organization or unit is recorded as Avco^[21].
• Convair's parent organization or unit is recorded as Atlas Corporation^[22].
• Convair's parent organization or unit is recorded as General Dynamics^[23].
• Convair's military designation is recorded as Y^[24].
• Convair's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Convair^[25].
• Convair's product or material produced is recorded as airplane^[26].
• Convair's product or material produced is recorded as rocket^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Consolidated Aircraft^[6] and Vultee Aircraft^[7]. +1943-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Convair^[18].

Identity

Predecessors include Consolidated Aircraft^[8] and Vultee Aircraft^[9].

Operations

Convair's headquarters location is recorded as San Diego^[10]. Parent organizations include Avco^[21], a business^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1929^[30], headquartered in Greenwich^[31]; Atlas Corporation^[22], a business^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1928^[34], headquartered in New York City^[35]; and General Dynamics^[23], a business^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1952^[38], headquartered in Reston^[39]. Convair's child organization or unit is recorded as Consairways^[14].

Industry

Industries include aerospace engineering^[16] and aerospace industry^[17].

Ownership

Products include airplane^[26], rocket^[27], missile^[40], and Atlas^[41].

Dissolution

Convair was dissolved in +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].

Why It Matters

Convair ranks in the top 8% of aerospace_manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month).^[2] Convair has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Convair is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]