Vultee Aircraft
1932–1943 American aerospace manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vultee Aircraft, Inc.,[1] was an aircraft manufacturer founded in 1939 in Los Angeles County, California, when the Vultee Aircraft Division of the aviation holding company AVCO was reorganized as an independent company.[2][3] It had limited success before merging with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation on March 17–18, 1943, to form the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation − or Convair.[1][4]
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Founded | 1939; 85 years ago (1939) |
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Defunct | 1943; 81 years ago (1943) |
Fate | Merged with Consolidated Aircraft to form Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation |
Successor | Convair |
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