Aircraft Photo of HK-3559 | Convair 580/F | Aerocar - Aerolíneas Cargueras | AirHistory.net #242140
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:HK-3559
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580/F
C/n (msn):62
Operator Titles:Aerocar - Aerolíneas Cargueras
Location
City / Airport:Bogotá - El Dorado InternationalMap
Country:Colombia
Airport Codes:ICAO: SKBO   IATA: BOG   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 February 1995
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 242140
Photo Comment

Delivered Braniff Airways as CV340-32 N3419 in 1953. To Allegheny Airlines in 1966. Converted to a CV580 and reregistered as N5820 in 1967. To Sea Airmotive in 1978 who were renamed to Seair Alaska Airlines in 1984. To Kelowna Flightcraft as C-GKFQ in 1987 then to Evergreen International Airlines as N580EH in 1988. To Aerovias Especiales de Carga as HK-3559X in 1990. Reregistered as HK-3559 in 1991 then to Aerocar Colombia in 1994. To the Colombian Army as EJC-121 in 1996 then EJC1121 in 2009. Scrapped at Bogota in 2013 due to metal fatigue.

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