Built as a Convair 340 for KLM as PH-TGF and delivered on 25 Sep 1953. To PH-CGF on 16 Feb 1954. To N157W on 20 Feb 1964. Bought by Mohawk on 12Mar 1964. To N4406 on 15 Apr 1964. To Lake Central on 17 Mar 1967. Converted to a 580 in Jun 1967 as N73159. Merged into Allegheny as N5839 on 01 Jul 1967. To Mountainwest on 03 Mar 1976. Merged into Sierra Pacific in Nov 1978. To Nor-Fly as LN-BWN in Nov 1980. Later to Partnair. To Kelowna Flightcraft as C-GKFJ on 06 Jun 1991. To ZK-KFJ with Air Freight NZ on 20 Jul 2003 then Air Chathams on 28 Feb 2017 and PWFU.

Built 1953 as CV-340-38 for KLM as PH-TGF, re-registered to PH-CGF in 1954 and converted to CV-440. Later N157W and N4406 Mohawk Airlines and Lake Central Airlines (converted to CV-580 in August 1967, N5839 Allegheny Airlines, Mountain West Airlines, and Sierra Pacific Airlines before sold to Nor-Fly Charter December 1980. January 1985 to Partnair, Late 1989 wfu. July 1991 C-FKFJ Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, September 1994 CS-TMG Agroar, November 1996 G-FKFJ Kelowna (returned), July 2003 ZK-KFJ Air Freight NZ until wfu at Auckland August 2017 and later broken up there.

This photo was taken three months after Partnair ceased operations following the mid-air disintegration of LN-PAA off the coast of Denmark 8 September 1989.

LN-BWN seen here at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) in 1982. Nor-fly Charter of Norway operated a Saturday flight from LBA to Haugesund for the tour operator Visit Norway. Scanned from an original photograph, photographer unknown.

Delivery date was September 25, 1953. Built as CV340, cvt'd - CV440, cvt'd - CV580.

K25 slide scan. Built as 1953 as CV-340 PH-TGF for KLM. Converted to CV-440 as PH-CGF 1964. Mohawk N4406 1964. Lake Central N73159 1967, converted to CV-580. Merged into Allegheny as N5839 1968. Mountainwest 1976, renamed Sierra Pacific 1978. Nor Fly LN-BWN 1980, Partnair 1985. Kelowna C-FKFJ 1991, Trans Provincial 1992, All Canada Express C-GKFJ 1994, Agroar CS-TMG 1994, Kelowna 1996, Pullmann Express 1996, Air Freight NZ ZK-KFJ 2003. Active until at least 2016.

Ex-N5839, N73159, N4406, N157W, PH-CGF, PH-TGF. Later C-GKFJ, CS-TMG, C-GKFJ, ZK-KFJ

Delivered to KLM in September 1953 as PH-TGF. Later to various owenrs as PH-CGF, N157W, N4406, N73159, N5839, LN-BWN, C-GKFJ, CS-TMG and ZK-KFJ. Reportedly still active at the time of the upload, as ZK-KFJ with Air Freight NZ.

Ex C-GKFJ, registered 17th June 2003

Built for KLM in 1953 as a CV340, it has here just returned from a stint in Portugal while part of the KFC fleet. Later it went to Chile for a while before returning and then being sold to New Zealand as ZK-KFJ with Air Freight NZ.

Reregistered N73159 in 1967.

Approaching the apron after landing on runway 06.

Here is LN-BWN just a few months after my LHR shot, now in the colours of Partnair, again a very smart livery. Sold to Kelowna as C-GKFJ in 6.91 and nowadays current with Air Freight NZ as ZK-KFJ

First serving KLM, Mohawk and Lake Central as a piston Convair, this aircraft was modified to CV-580 configuration in 6.67 and is seen here on a rare visit to Heathrow having joined the Norwegian carrier in 11.80