The cockpit of the Millennium Falcon looks like pure science fiction, but its layout and feel are rooted in a very specific World War II machine. Long before Han Solo and Chewbacca were flipping ...

Key Points and Summary - The Convair B-58 Hustler, America's first Mach 2 supersonic bomber, was the center of a radical Cold War plan to create a "flying missile silo." -U.S. nuclear strategists ...