MIAMI – Today in Aviation, the first example of the Model 22 initial production version of the Convair 880 made its maiden flight in 1959.
The Convair 880 was an American narrow-body jet airliner manufactured by General Dynamics’ Convair division. By being smaller but quicker, a niche that failed to generate demand, it was intended to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8.
When it was first launched, some aviation circles reported that it was the world’s fastest jet transport at 615 mph (990 km/h). Only 65 Convair 880s were produced over the lifetime of the production run from 1959 to 1962, and after finding the Convair 880 project a disappointment, General Dynamics gradually withdrew from the airliner market.
with details. reporter: kremlin-controlled media is celebrating after president trump says he wants to see russia rejoin the group of strongest industrial nations, the g7. a translate version of president trump s remarks getting massive applause on state tv. that s not the way it really should work. [ applause ] reporter: tv already showing grabs graphics of a g8 logo with a russian flag claiming president trump made the move because he feels he owes russia after the u.s. recently tested a land-based tomahawk cruise missile. translatranslator: the tomah will soon be deployed to our borders to scare us. looks like the american president feels guilty or asham ashamed. saddened, trump decided to unburden himself and agreed with
measures to prepare asymmetrical response. around the same time, the pentagon celebrated the success test of sunday s modified tomahawk cruise missile, can you believe it accurately impacted its target after more than 500 kilometers of flight? with me now, the former national security adviser in the obama administration, she s a cnn analyst. always a good day when i get to see you, we know that putin claimed their weapons development was uncare legaled? based on what we ve seen recently, is that the case? putin s playing to a domestic audience here. he feels pressure at home. russia violated this imf treaty, that s why the united states with drew, which nato supported
inequality will be another issue as well. you do have other leaders coming. boris johnson from britain wants to meet with president trump. hopes for talks about a trade deal. angela merkel, the italian prime minister resigned just a couple of days ago. all in weak positions. so no great expectations of a strong communique or perhaps any agreement at all. russia, though, now a big talking point. yeah. understood. nic, thank you for giving us all that content. we got the satellite and fred is back. what is this breaking news? why did vladimir putin announce this today? reporter: hi, alisyn. yeah, our signal dropped there out of nowhere all of a sudden. but we are back now. you re right. vladimir putin absolutely angry at this land-based tomahawk cruise missile test conducted on monday. it s one of the things where the russians are saying they believe the u.s. left the treaty under a pretense. vladimir putin coming out earlier today in his which
and to undertake comprehensive measures to prepare the symmetric response. putin ordered the tit for tat after the pentagon release this video showing the tomahawk cruise missile, which for decades has been deployed aboard u.s. warships and submarines. recall the 1987 inf treaty only covered land-based missiles in this range. but putin believes the launcher you see here could be deployed to romania and poland, within striking distance of moscow. the u.s. has any deployment there would only be for defensie purposes, to shoot on rest and ballistic missiles. an exclusive interview with the new defense secretary, my colleague jennifer griffin asked mark esper about russia s alleged violations of the treat treaty. the united states was in compliance with the inf treaty up to the day we left it, which was august 2nd of 3 weeks ago. russia was in noncompliance for many years, going back to the obama administration. right now, russia has popular nuclear-tipped inf cruise-range