U.S. Air Force Convair XB-58A Hustler B-5 TEST FORCE Limited! HE573160 Die Cast Metal 1:200

U.S. Air Force Convair XB-58A Hustler B-5 Limited! HE573160 Die Cast Metal 1:200 Scale: 1:200 NEW HE573160 HERPA USAF XB-58A 1/200 B-58 TEST FORCE (**) B-58A 1/200 This Die-cast metal airplane model comes in 1/200 scale with landing gear and stand. Model is approximately 5 3/4 inches long with 3 1/2 inch wingspa The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight.[2] The aircraft was designed by Convair and developed for the United States Air Force. To this day, the sleek delta-winged Convair B-58 Hustler with its slim coke-bottle fuselage remains a fascinating aircraft. 55-0661 was the second prototype of Convair’s Mach-2 strategic bomber and took off on its maiden flight on February 16, 1957. Nicknamed “Mach-in-Boid”, she was extensively used for tests and evaluation, among several other firsts, being the first “Hustler” to conduct inflight refueling tests, the first to carry the unique combined fuel tank/weapons pod, or the first to test in-flight emergency ejection at supersonic speeds using a pressurized escape pod.