Editing Convair 880 (section)

==Development==
[[File:Air-to-air with a Convair 880.jpg|thumb|A Convair 880 prototype. The model made its maiden flight on 27 January 1959.]]

Convair began development of a medium-range commercial jet in April 1956, to compete with announced products from [[Boeing]] and [[Douglas Aircraft Company|Douglas]]. Initially the design was called the '''Skylark''', but the name was later changed to the '''Golden Arrow''', then Convair 600 and then finally the 880, both numbers referring to its top speed of 600&nbsp;mph (970&nbsp;km/h) or 880&nbsp;ft/s (268&nbsp;m/s). It was powered by [[General Electric CJ805|General Electric CJ-805-3]] turbojets, a civilian version of the [[General Electric J79|J79]] which powered the [[Lockheed F-104 Starfighter]], [[McDonnell Douglas]] [[F-4 Phantom]],<ref name="Wegg">{{cite book |last1=Wegg |first1=John |title=General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors |url=https://archive.org/details/generaldynamicsa00wegg |url-access=limited |date=1990 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Md. |isbn=0-87021-233-8 |edition=1st |pages=[https://archive.org/details/generaldynamicsa00wegg/page/n108 214]–217}}</ref> and [[Convair B-58 Hustler]].

The first example of the Model 22 FAA Type Certificate,<ref>{{cite web| work = DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION | date = June 2012| title = MODEL 22 and 22M TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO 4A27 | author = FAA | url=https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/ccf0e6fb20dba58786257a1e005d5f6a/$FILE/4A27_Rev_11.pdf}}</ref> initial production version (no prototype was built) made its maiden flight on 27 January 1959.<ref name="Wegg"/> After production started, the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] mandated additional instrumentation, which Convair added by placing a "raceway" hump on the top of the fuselage, rather than ripping apart the interiors over the wing area.  The final assembly of the 880 and 990 took place at the Convair facilities in San Diego, California.<ref name="Pourade">{{cite web |last1=Pourade |first1=Richard F. |title=City of the Dream, 1940–1970 |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/books/citydream/ch8/ |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref>