<VV> WD-40 No Corvair

[James Davis]

The company that manufactured the Atlas (SM-65) was General 
Dynamics.  General Dynamics was formed in 1952 when the Electric Boat 
Company of Groton purchased Convair and merged it with Canadair.  The 
Convair name continued as the GD California civilian aircraft production 
facility (Convair 240/340/440/540/580/600/880/990).   The other GD large 
aircraft production facility (AF plant #4, Fort Worth, TX)  was responsible 
for military aircraft (B-36A/C/D, YB-60A, F-102A/B, F-106A/B, 
B-58A,  RB-57D/F, F-16 A/B/C/D, F-111A/B/C/D/E/F, EF-111A and the 
FB-111A).  The Convair name came from the merger of the Consolidated 
Aircraft Corporation with Vultee Airvraft in 1943.
Jim Davis


At 12:14 PM 11/14/2004, PaulSiano@aol.com wrote:


>The Conveyer Company bought it in bulk to protect their Atlas missile parts.
>The workers were so pleased with the product, they began smuggling (Also
>known as "shrinkage" or "stealing") it out to use at home. The executives 
>decided
>there might be a consumer market for it and put it in Aerosol cans. The rest,
>so they say, is history.