Vultee Aircraft

Vultee Aircraft, Inc. was an aircraft manufacturer founded in 1939 in Los Angeles County, California, when the Vultee Aircraft Division of the aviation holding company AVCO was reorganized as an independent company. It had limited success before merging with the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation on March 17–18, 1943, to form the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation − or Convair.

Vultee Aircraft, Inc.
Predecessor
  • Airplane Development Corporation
    (1932–1934)
  • AVCO Aviation Manufacturing Corporation
    (1934–1939)
Founded1939 (1939)
Founder
Defunct1943 (1943)
FateMerged with Consolidated Aircraft to form Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
SuccessorConvair
Headquarters
Downey, California
,
U.S.
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