Aircraft Photo of N73145 | Convair 580 | AirHistory.net #830999
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N73145
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):145
Location
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal AirparkMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMZJ   IATA: MZJ   Local: MZJ   Other: -
 
Photo Date:7 April 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 830999
Photo Comment

Delivered to United Air Lines as CV340-31 N73145 in 1953. Sold N10CR in 1959 and converted to a CV440. To Frontier as N73145 in 1966 and converted to a CV580 in 1967. To Frontier Commuter/Combs Airways in 1983 then to American Eagle/Metro Airlines in 1985. Traded in to SAAB and stored at Marana in 1987. Converted to a freighter then to Avesco as HK-3740 in 1992. To Taxsur in 1993 who ceased operations in 1995 and it was stored at Bogota. Still there in 2001. Later scrapped.

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

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