The Convair 990
Although the act of both the CV-880 and CV-880M could not be disputed, it yet fell curt of its design goals; its narrower fuselage, unaccompanied affording plenty width for five-abreast coach seating, deviated from the along with-adequate six; the quick mood of the 720 provided immediate competition; and the intermediate-range come occurring subsequently the maintenance for had neither evolved nor even defined itself, resulting in in a paltry production run of 65. Because of these factors, the program seemed in this area the verge of financial collapse, but Convair made a definite attempt to rescue it subsequent to a reason that was more extensively modified. Guided by American Airlines, which was viewed as its opening customer, the plane was expected to manage to pay for cutting edge-quickness, all-first class transcontinental benefits in competition then than TWA's 707s and United's DC-8s, a strategy that American implemented in the 1930s by now it asked Douglas to design th...