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    Airframe Family: Convair B-58 Hustler
    Latest Model:B-58A-10-CF Hustler
    Last Military Serial:59-2458 USAF
    Construction Number:61
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1960

    Constructed as a B-58A-10-CF by Consolidated at Fort Worth, TX, USA.

    Circa 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-2458.

    August 1961

    Transferred to 43rd Bombardment Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: Cowtown Hustler
    Deployments to Bunker Hill AFB, IN.

    5 March 1962

    Set transcontinental speed record by flying non-stop from Los Angeles to New York and back. Crew awarded Bendix and Mackay trophies.

    September 1964

    Base of operations changed.
    Little Rock AFB, AR.

    December 1969

    Transferred to 2750th Air Base Wing (Air Force Logistics Command), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    1 December 1969

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Stored at Wright Field until new museum facility built.
    View the Location Dossier

    August 1971

    Placed on display.

    March 1972


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    21 May 1973


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: The Bendix Trophy Winner Hustler as displayed in the summer of 1973.

    21 May 1973


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: The Bendix Trophy Winner Hustler as displayed in the summer of 1973.

    Circa 1977


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: In an unrestored state. 1977 USAF Museum Dayton Ohio.

    Circa 1985


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    11 June 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    14 May 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 August 2017

    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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