In a message dated 3/3/2004 2:49:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time, samhoskins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Also in the category of "Convair 990 Atrocities": Spantax converting them > from 5-abreat coach-class seating to 6-abreast, even though the fuselage was > only slightly wider than an MD-80 and a good bit narrower than a DC-8 or > Boeing narrow-body. Oh..that explains the designation of 990A - A being for atrocities! Don't forget the 880 was so lacking that Convair produced an 880M series. While these were sleek looking birds, they were the Flying Edsels of the marketplace. When Boeing launched the B720, the Convairs fast became hiss-twaa! RT Simpson Phoenix