First flight 1982 as N327DM. October 13th 1987 LN-SJA, opf Scanex Air (Scandinavian Executive Air Service), ex OY-CCB. November 10th 1987 LN-SJA suffered a landing incident at Vaasa in Finland. It was rebuilt as N109TW: December 12th 1991 N134RG for LS Thompson. October 11th 2000 N134RG White Industries. Wfu and broken up by 2008 I was lucky to photograph LN-SJA this day

The very first Convairliner, first flown as NX90849 from Lindbergh Field in San Diego on March 16th 1947. Subsequently registered to various corporate owners as N24501, N112G, N192L and N195L and finally N240BN in 1976. Notably, in 1950 as N24501. the aircraft was converted to a Convair 240-21 with two Allison 501 turboprops and became the first turboprop airliner to fly in the USA. Later converted back to piston power, and despite surely being an airframe worthy of preservation, the aircraft was sadly scrapped after several years of storage at Opa Locka.

Former Norwegian aircraft. Photo by: Patrick Nugent / National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Delivered new to Turkey in 1966. Photo by: Patrick Nugent / National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Destroyed by fire at Minganui on May 5, 1989. Bob Kerr photo

Ex Lufthansa D-ABBE delivered December 1969. Sold to Presidential Airlines in August 1985 and operated by Continental Jet Express for a period in 1987. To COPA in Panama in 1988 as HP-1134 and later HP-1134CMP before sale to Aerosucre of Colombia in December 1999. Flew with them initially as HP-1408PVI and later HK-4216X and HK-4216. Withdrawn from use in June 2008 and believed scrapped.

Built as KC-97G 53-0150 and later converted to KC-97L. Withdrawn to MASDC at Davis Monthan in July 1976, sold as N3146 by 1982 and stored until bought by Agro Air of the Dominican Republic in February 1986. Initially registered HI-473 and re-registered HI-473CA in 1991. Withdrawn from use at Miami in June 1991 and scrapped there in 1997.