Aircraft Photo of N969N | Convair 580 | Republic Airlines | AirHistory.net #634073
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N969N
Fleet number:552
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):475
Operator Titles:Republic Airlines
Location
City / Airport:Jackson - Jackson County / Reynolds FieldMap
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KJXN   IATA: JXN   Local: JXN   Other: -
 
Photo Date:17 May 1981
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 634073
Photo Comment

Built as a CV440 in 1957 and registered as N8473H. To Canadair as CF-LMN in 1959 and converted to a CV540/CL-66C. To the RCAF as 11161 in 1962. To General Motors as N969N in 1966. Converted to a CV580 for North Central Airlines in 1967 who merged into Republic Airlines in 1979 who merged into Northwest Airlines in 1986. To other operators from 1988 then to Air Tahoma as N582P in 1986. Withdrawn from use at Columbus-Rickenbacker when they ceased operations in 2009. Scrapped in 2021.

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