Aircraft Photo of N5839 | Convair 580 | Mountainwest Airlines | AirHistory.net #634886
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N5839
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):114
Operator Titles:Mountainwest Airlines
Location
City / Airport:Flagstaff - PulliamMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KFLG   IATA: FLG   Local: FLG   Other: -
 
Photo Date:19 October 1978
Photo by:Kerry Taylor
Photo ID: 634886
Photo Comment

Built as a Convair 340 for KLM as PH-TGF and delivered on 25 Sep 1953. To PH-CGF on 16 Feb 1954. To N157W on 20 Feb 1964. Bought by Mohawk on 12Mar 1964. To N4406 on 15 Apr 1964. To Lake Central on 17 Mar 1967. Converted to a 580 in Jun 1967 as N73159. Merged into Allegheny as N5839 on 01 Jul 1967. To Mountainwest on 03 Mar 1976. Merged into Sierra Pacific in Nov 1978. To Nor-Fly as LN-BWN in Nov 1980. Later to Partnair. To Kelowna Flightcraft as C-GKFJ on 06 Jun 1991. To ZK-KFJ with Air Freight NZ on 20 Jul 2003 then Air Chathams on 28 Feb 2017 and PWFU.

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

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