| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | OO-DHG |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair 580/F |
| C/n (msn): | 25 |
| Operator Titles: | DHL Worldwide Express / European Air Transport - EAT |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Brussels - National / MelsbroekMap |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EBBR / EBMB IATA: BRU Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 28 June 1995 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 353687 |
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This lovely old prop was delivered to United in November 1952 as N73117 as a Cv-340. It went on to fly with some classic names in American aviation including Frontier (during which it was converted to a CV-580), Aspen, Golden Gate and Sierra Pacific before storage at Tucson (TUS) in February 1988. During this time it was converted to a frighter and started with EAT/DHL in April 1989, going on in July 1995 to Swiftair as (EC-943) EC-GDY. It was bought by Skyhaul in June 2005 and ferried to George (GRJ), South Africa as ZS-SKG where it was scrapped for spares. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 April 2021, and has since been viewed 543 times. |