The Convair 990
Although the feat of both the CV-880 and CV-880M could not be disputed, it yet fell hasty of its design goals; its narrower fuselage, without help affording plenty width for five-abreast coach seating, deviated from the later-plenty six; the hasty environment of the 720 provided curt competition; and the intermediate-range market had neither evolved nor even defined itself, resulting in in a paltry production control of 65. Because of these factors, the program seemed harshly the order of the verge of financial collapse, but Convair made a hermetic attempt to rescue it behind a parable that was more extensively modified. Guided by American Airlines, which was viewed as its foundation customer, the plane was expected to accede higher-readiness, all-first class transcontinental serve in competition with TWA's 707s and United's DC-8s, a strategy that American implemented in the 1930s subsequent to it asked Douglas to design the Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST), or night defense of...