FINAL DAYS OF THE HUSTLER

FLASHBACK // CONVAIR HUSTLER Despite being the holder of a number of world speed records, 43rd BW B-58A serial 59‑2442 was not spared the breaker’s axe, being scrapped in the summer of 1977 along with approximately 80 other Hustlers. SIGNIFICANT HUSTLERS Drawn from the three main production batches, the seven aircraft the author discovered at Davis-Monthan included a couple that were quite significant, albeit for rather different reasons. One of them — serial 59-2442 from the 43rd Bomb Wing —