Convair, originally Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (it eventually merged with Vultee, creating Convair) conceived of the B-36 having four bomb bays that could carry a variety of weapons ...

The B-36 Peacemaker design process can be traced ... Built by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (later Convair), the aircraft became known as Aluminum Overcast, due to its overpowering ...

But even before the Korean war began, Convair’s B-36 bomber had become the Air Force’s intercontinental bomber and Convair began to make money. From war orders, Convair made $3,700,000 in 1949 ...