<article><hdr>Aerial shot of Consolidated Vultee XB-46</hdr><body>
<hi style=afpcap>The design team at Consolidated Vultee were adventurous in their attempts to secure business from the Army Air Force. Amongst the futuristic projects which bore their logo was the four engined jet bomber designated the XB-46. The company was later to become the Convair Division of the General Dynamics Corporation, with further bomber designs achieving operational status, including the B-58 and F-111.</hi>