| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N440CF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair 440-62 Metropolitan |
| C/n (msn): | 200 |
| Operator Titles: | Rhoades Aviation |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Columbus - MunicipalMap |
| Region / Country: | Indiana, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KBAK IATA: CLU Local: BAK Other: - |
| Photo Date: | October 1991 |
| Photo by: | Michael Roeser |
| Photo ID: | 365875 |
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K25 slide scan. Skyfreighters colours. Built 1954 for REAL as PP-YRF. 1961 to All Nippon as JA5085 after conversion to CV-440. 1965 to Linjeflyg as SE-CCP. From 1978 as N440CF to Combs Airways, Skyfreighters, Kitty Hawk. October 1991 to Roades, reregistered N156JR June 1992. Still active by 2000. Noted in storage Alice,TX by 2008 in faded Skyfreighters colours. 440's with their wide rectangular exhaust pipes always seemed to guarantee a smoky start up. This photo is copyright © Michael Roeser, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 31 May 2021, and has since been viewed 294 times. |