Aircraft Photo of N880SR | Convair 880 (22-2F) | AirHistory.net #486533
Location
City / Airport:Miami - InternationalMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMIA   IATA: MIA   Local: MIA   Other: -
 
Photo Date:March 1979
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Photo ID: 486533
Photo Comment

Photographer: Al Rodriguez. K25 slide scan. Delivered 31 January 1960 as N8802E to Delta, the first 880 delivered to a customer. Traded in to Boeing 1973. Transexecutive Aviation N55NW 1974, leased to Bahamas World 1976, returned 1977. World Wide Air Leases 1978, converted to freighter without main deck cargo door. Groth Air 1979, reregistered N880SR. Impounded Mexico City, mysteriously burned down 11 May 1983. One of a small number of 880 freighters operating out of Miami in the late 1970's and certainly the one wearing the most extravagant livery.

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