Flew for Cruzeiro do Sul between 1958 and 1967. Converted to a CV-580, it had many owners as N21466 and C-GJRP and from 1992 in Panama and Venezuela. Photo from: Convair / San Diego Air & Space Museum

The Short S.23 was rather short on range and it seems that a stop on the Saône river in Mâcon was sometimes necessary on the leg between Portsmouth and Marseille. The Hôtel d'Europe et d'Angleterre in Mâcon says the flying boats moored at their doorsteps and this seems to be correct - the Pont Saint-Laurent bridge is just visible under the wing and the pointy house seen above the cockpit still stands. Photo from: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon

Castor flying the light blue Civil Air Ensign before its first commercial flight to Alexandria, which took two and a half days according to schedule. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

LN-KLT was undergoing maintenance at Aviolanda when Polaris went bankrupt in 1969 and stored at Woensdrecht. It was sold in 1975 to B. Mastboom, who removed the engines and sold the aircraft to the local car dealer Emmo van de Veen who displayed LN-KLT at his dealership where it is seen in this photo.

Ex USAF 51-7898, to N40CE and then N406E. Acquired by Polaris in Mar 1967. Arrived at Woensdrecht 17 Jun 1968 for maintenance by Aviolanda, but impounded after Polaris went bankrupt in 1969 and stored at Woensdrecht. Sold at auction 21 Mar 1975 to Mr. B. Mastboom, who removed the engines and resold the aircraft to local car dealer Emmo van de Veen. He had the aircraft on display at his company for several years, until sold to the children's playpark "Oud Valkeveen" in Naarden. The aircraft is seen here in the car dealer's yard, probably being prepared for delivery to Naarden. It was trucked there circa Mar 1980, but once there the park's plans with the Convair fell through and it was broken up in the early 1980s.

Approaching Rwy 21.