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    The Convair R3Y Tradewind was an American 1950s turboprop-powered flying boat designed and built by Convair. Convair received a request from the United...
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    Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was...
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    provision of air conditioning and pressurisation) produced the Convair R3Y Tradewind, which was to become the only aircraft using the T40 to actually...
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    on some experimental aircraft during the 1950s. The T40-powered Convair R3Y Tradewind flying-boat was operated by the U.S. Navy for a short time. The...
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  • ocean shipping Tradewinds, a video game franchise published by Sandlot Games Tradewind (schooner), a 1911 Dutch tall ship Convair R3Y Tradewind, an American...
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    tail-sitting Convair XFY "Pogo" and Lockheed XFV "Salmon" VTOL fighters and the Hughes XF-11 reconnaissance plane. The Convair R3Y Tradewind flying boat...
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    Transport 1929 Prototype 1 Convair F2Y Sea Dart US Flying boat Fighter 1953 Prototype 5 hydro-skis Convair R3Y Tradewind US Flying boat Transport 1950...
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  • American Airlines Curtiss P-40, by the Brazilian Air Force April 16 – Convair R3Y Tradewind by United States Navy Transport Squadron 2 April 22 – Westland Wyvern...
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  • February 5 – CAB Supercab February 12 or 25 – Convair R3Y Tradewind, transport version of the Convair XP5Y-1 patrol aircraft prototype Kendall K.1 March...
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  • 200 km) from San Diego, California, to Washington, D.C. A U.S. Navy Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind flying boat sets a world record for the number of aircraft refueled...
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