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San Diego - Convair, 1965

 File — Box: 652, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3

Scope and Contents

Corresp., memos, reports, brochures, photos, etc. Examples are: Copies of letters from Col. Bryce Poe, II (USAF) to Congressman Wilson (12/1/ & 12/29/65) re/ contracts awarded to General Dynamics of $3,307,900 & $1,655,299; “Memo to Boss from Ed” (11/1/65) re/ “Air Force is requesting OSD to buy Gruman Mohawk Planes;” personal letter from Commanding General, Marine Recruit Depot (8/23/65) & Wilson’s response re/ news clipping “about Marine Air Support” using Convair’s Charger; packet containing letter from Congressman Wilson, copy of “Progress Report #7 Convair Charger Multipurpose STOL Airplane” & two color photos of Charger in flight; “Memo To Boss” (8/13/65), photocopy of “The Flying Tank” (p. A2490 Congressional Record-Appendix, 5/19/65) & photocopy of Col. J.H. Reinburg (U.S.M.C.R.), “Aircraft I Have Known,” Ordinance (July-Aug. 1965, pp. 62-66) re/ interest in “the development of a ‘flying tank’...a coyn [sic] type aircraft heavily armor plated to withstand low strafing missions in Vietnam;” letter from R.T. Blair, Jr. (Asst. to the President , General Dynamics/ Convair & Congressman Wilson’s reply (8/65) re/ a copy of the Mariner IV lift-off & arranging special briefings on Convair activities for the Congressman; copy of General Dynamics/Convair, Convair Charger U.S. Army Airborne Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (n.d., 28 pp.) & color photography of Charger aircraft; copy of remarks by Robert W. Morse (Asst. Sec. of Navy) re/ “rollout of the OV-10A aircraft at North American Aircraft, Columbus, Ohio, 7 July 1965; 1 page photocopy of Aviation Daily (p. 279, 8/18/65) re/ “Carrier-Based Propeller Squadrons Predicted ... to include COIN aircraft” & attached note indicating congressional junket to Vietnam concludes “most pressing need is for a counterinsurgency or COIN type of aircraft;” 2 copies of General Dynamics Corp.’s news release for (7/13/65) & copy of letter from Wilson to Roger Lewis (Pres., General Dynamics, Corp.) (7/14/65) re/ the opening of a Marine Technology Center in San Diego; letter from Ted LeFevre (General Dynamics Corp.) to Wilson (5/3/65) thanking the Congressman for his “efforts with the Air Force and Navy on our behalf with regard to the Convair Dart conversion program;” stapled copies of letters from Congressman Wilson, W.I. Martin (Acting Department Chief of Naval Operations, Air), office memorandum & “Inventory of T-29 and C-131 aircraft” as of 1/1/65; copy of “Intra-corporation Communication” (4/6/65) re/ Model 48 Charger Flight Test Program;” copy of news release from Convair (3/12/65) re/ converting 6 “Convair 340 aircraft to Rolls-Royce Dart Propjet Power;” stapled packet containing corresp. (1/65) from Edwin S. Budzinski,

Dates

  • created: 1965

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository

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