Aircraft Photo of N73168 | Convair 580 | Atlantic Gulf Airlines | AirHistory.net #281138
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N73168
Fleet number:168
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):382
Operator Titles:Atlantic Gulf Airlines
Location
City / Airport:Tucson - InternationalMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KTUS   IATA: TUS   Local: TUS   Other: -
 
Photo Date:21 May 1987
Photo by:Danny Grew
Photo ID: 281138
Photo Comment

Originally started life as a CV-440 with SABENA OO-SCV. It went to Frontier Airlines as N73168 in Jun 68 and was converted to a CV-580 by Oct 68. From Aug 82 it was operated by Sea Airmotive, Atlantic Gulf Airlines and Seair before joining Kellowna Flightcraft in Nov 87 and Air Niagara (Express) in Mar 88. Sold to Airwave Transportation circa 1997 and broken up at some point after that.

This photo is copyright © Danny Grew, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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