B 58 Hustler Was it Really That Bad

Go to to access datadriven information from around the world. Subscribe through my link for 40 off unlimited access or try it for less than 1 this month. The B58 Hustler was the first American supersonic strategic bomber designed to slip through the Soviet air defenses before the ICBM had become the dominant weapon on both sides. It set 19 world records for speed and was thought more likely to get through soviet defenses than its rival, the B52. Designed just after the B52 it was a very different aircraft, these were SAC s tortoise and the hare, and yet the B58 gained a reputation for being expensive, unreliable, and difficult to fly by those that hadn t flown them, namely the USAF and government top brass but were they really that bad Lets find out. To get the book : The B58 Blunder, How the U. S. Abandoned its Best Strategic Bomber 2nd edition US link UK EU link T