Convair B-58 Hustler - Aircraft On Display

Aircraft On Display

Today there are eight B-58 survivors:

  • TB-58A Hustler, AF Ser. No. 55-0663, at the Grissom Air Museum, Grissom Air Reserve Base (former Bunker Hill AFB/former Grissom AFB), Peru, Indiana (Oldest Remaining Aircraft... fourth B-58 Built)
  • YB-58A Hustler, AF Ser. No. 55-0665, at Edwards Air Force Base, California ("Snoopy")...this aircraft is abandoned on the Edwards AFB range and is in poor condition.
  • YB-58A Hustler, AF Ser. No. 55-0666, at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum (former Chanute AFB), Rantoul, Illinois
  • TB-58A Hustler, AF Ser. No. 55-0668, at Little Rock Air Force Base
  • B-58A Hustler, AF Ser. No. 59-2437, at Lackland AFB/Kelly Field Annex (former Kelly Air Force Base), San Antonio, Texas ("Firefly II")
  • B-58A Hustler, AF Ser. No. 59-2458, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio ("Cowtown Hustler") This aircraft flew from Los Angeles to New York and back on 5 March 1962, setting three separate speed records, and earning the crew the Bendix Trophy and the Mackay Trophy for 1962. The aircraft was flown to the Museum on 1 March 1969. The aircraft is on display in the Museum's Cold War gallery.
  • B-58A Hustler, AF Ser. No. 61-2059, at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, adjacent to Offutt Air Force Base in Ashland, Nebraska, ("Greased Lightning", which averaged 938 nmph flying 8,028 nmi. from Tokyo to London in 8 hr, 35 min.
  • B-58A Hustler, AF Ser. No. 61-2080, at the Pima Air & Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base) in Tucson, Arizona (Last B-58 to be delivered)

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