5 results found
Registration / Serial:N8500
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal Airpark (KMZJ / MZJ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:11 May 1981
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:558774Submit Correction
View count: 138
This aircraft will be more familiar to many older enthusiasts as Forbes Magazine's N60FM "Capitalist Tool", but at the time of the photograph it was leased to the US Department of Energy. In February 1984 it was registered N30EG and from May 1998 to April 2005 it was parked with the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum at Reading, PA., until February 2006 when it was sold to Canada as C-GSKJ with the Province of Saskatchewan and converted as a fire bomber. However it saw little service as it was written off in a fatal crash during a training detail at La Ronge, SK. in May 2006.
Registration / Serial:N8500
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal Airpark (KMZJ / MZJ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:11 May 1981
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:N8500
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal Airpark (KMZJ / MZJ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:11 May 1981
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:558774Submit Correction
View count: 138
This aircraft will be more familiar to many older enthusiasts as Forbes Magazine's N60FM "Capitalist Tool", but at the time of the photograph it was leased to the US Department of Energy. In February 1984 it was registered N30EG and from May 1998 to April 2005 it was parked with the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum at Reading, PA., until February 2006 when it was sold to Canada as C-GSKJ with the Province of Saskatchewan and converted as a fire bomber. However it saw little service as it was written off in a fatal crash during a training detail at La Ronge, SK. in May 2006.
Registration / Serial:N8500
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal Airpark (KMZJ / MZJ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:11 May 1981
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Kelowna (CYLW / YLW)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:26 July 1992
Photo by:Tim MartinContact
Photo ID:534436Submit Correction
View count: 103
Built in 1954 as a CV340 for a corporate customer (as here) and never flew as an airliner. In 2006 it was converted to a water bomber for the Saskatchewan Government and became C-GSKJ. On 14 May 2006, at La Ronge/SK (CYVC), it crashed while flying training circuits after the LH engine autofeathered at low airspeed due to throttle mishandling.
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Kelowna (CYLW / YLW)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:26 July 1992
Photo by:Tim MartinContact
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Kelowna (CYLW / YLW)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:26 July 1992
Photo by:Tim MartinContact
Photo ID:534436Submit Correction
View count: 103
Built in 1954 as a CV340 for a corporate customer (as here) and never flew as an airliner. In 2006 it was converted to a water bomber for the Saskatchewan Government and became C-GSKJ. On 14 May 2006, at La Ronge/SK (CYVC), it crashed while flying training circuits after the LH engine autofeathered at low airspeed due to throttle mishandling.
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Kelowna (CYLW / YLW)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:26 July 1992
Photo by:Tim MartinContact
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Collection:Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
Photo Date:27 April 2004
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:263675Submit Correction
View count: 165
Ex Convair 440 N776. Converted to CV-580 standard in 02.63 and served mainly as a corporate aircraft, latterly with the US Department of Energy as N30EG.
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:27 April 2004
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Collection:Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
Photo Date:27 April 2004
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:263675Submit Correction
View count: 165
Ex Convair 440 N776. Converted to CV-580 standard in 02.63 and served mainly as a corporate aircraft, latterly with the US Department of Energy as N30EG.
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:27 April 2004
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Collection:Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
Photo Date:25 July 1997
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:42274Submit Correction
View count: 260
MAAM sold the aircraft to the Government of Saskatchewan and it was registered C-GSKJ and converted to a firefighter. It crashed and was destroyed on May 14, 2006 during a training flight.
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:25 July 1997
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Collection:Mid-Atlantic Air Museum
Photo Date:25 July 1997
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:42274Submit Correction
View count: 260
MAAM sold the aircraft to the Government of Saskatchewan and it was registered C-GSKJ and converted to a firefighter. It crashed and was destroyed on May 14, 2006 during a training flight.
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:25 July 1997
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:9 August 2002
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:11254Submit Correction
View count: 136
Ex Forbes executive aircraft on the Mid Atlantic Air Museum ramp
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:9 August 2002
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:9 August 2002
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact
Photo ID:11254Submit Correction
View count: 136
Ex Forbes executive aircraft on the Mid Atlantic Air Museum ramp
Registration / Serial:N30EG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):202
City / Airport:Reading - Regional / Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG / RDG)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:9 August 2002
Photo by:Ralph M. PettersenContact