The Origins of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft and Convair The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, whose name was in the course of time changed to Convair the Convair Corporation and similar names, was an American aircraft, rocket, and spacecraft company for the design, development, and manufacturing of such high-technology aerospace products, and/or sub-units of them, or else a subsidiary of a larger corporation. It existed as a company from 1943 until 1994, and of course, its best-known… (More on Convair)