General Dynamics Original Corporate Relations Poster Convair 880 World's Fastest Jet
- 1960
- Erik Nitsche
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36 x 51 inches ~ (91 x 129 cm)$5,280
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Possibly the rarest of the General Dynamics series. Great mid-century design. From wikipedia "The Convair 880 was an American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 by being smaller and faster, a niche that failed to create demand. When it was first introduced, some aviation circles claimed that at 615 mph (990 km/h), it was the fastest jet transport in the world. Only 65 Convair 880s were produced from 1959 to 1962, and General Dynamics withdrew from the airliner market considering it failure. "
