slide scan from the NK collection. - Lufthansa operated a total of eleven Convair 440's; D-ACEX is shown here in the final colour scheme shortly before being sold to Air Algerie. After conversion into a model -640 it flew in Algeria and later in Canada until the early 90ies. The last operator Time Air retired it at Springbank as C-GQCY, where it was broken up in 2005.

Ex OH-VKN (Kar-Air). Later LN-KLV, N8021P, C-GRNB, N202RA and HH-VAH.

Built for LACSA in 1957. Order cancelled. Delivered to Mohawk Airlines as N4402 in 1959. To Executive Airlines in 1971 then to Wright Airlines in 1972 and to Key Airlines as N28KA in 1976. Reregistered as N28KE in 1984. To Basler Flight Service in 1986 then to Salair in 1987 and reregistered as N357SA in 1988. To Omni Air Group in 1995 then to Agroar as CS-TML in 1997 and to Atlantic Air Transport in 2000. Reregistered as G-CONV in 2001. Stored at Coventry. Moved to Carluke, Scotland in 2006 for preservation.

Originally delivered to Kar-Air O/Y in February 1958 as OH-VKN and passed to Finnair as OH-LRH in December 1964. It was sold to Nor-Fly as LN-KLV in August 1977, and to North Cariboo Flying Service as C-GRNB in July 1979 passing to Southern Frontier Air Transport with the same registration in June 1984. In November 1986 it was acquired by Renown Aviation as N202RA and still wore their livery when photographed. After long storage at Roswell in moved to Opa Locka in October 2009 and was sold as HH-VAH to Vision Air Haiti but was last reported parked at Port-au-Prince in early 2013.

Delivered to Kar-Air as OH-VKM in 1957. To Finnair in 1964 then to Harrison Airways as CF-HAF in 1993 and to Key Airlines as N27KA in 1978. Reregistered as N27KE in 1984. To Basler Flight Service in 1986 then to Salair as N356SA later in 1987. Destroyed in a fatal crash near La Romana, Dominican Republic in 1995 due to engine problems after takeoff from Santo Domingo.

Unknown photographer

Unknown photographer

Later CF-HAF, N27KA, N27KE, N356SA. Photo from: Vantaa City Museum. Photographers Lauri Leppänen and ViljoHolopainen.

The first of three Convairliners added to North Cariboo's fleet, C-GRNB was registered in 1979. Later another CV440 (C-GRWW 1980 - 86) and a CV640 (C-FPWO 1984 - 86) were added. This aircraft was leased to Southern Frontier Air Transport in 1984 before returned to North Cariboo in 1986 and sold in the USA (N202RA).

Official Lufthansa photo CH 311-8-7. Delivered 18 September 1957. Converted to CV-640 7T-VAY for Air Algerie 1968. Sold 1982 as N849TA, High Line Airways C-GQCY 1982, Norcanair 1988, Time Air 1988. Withdrawn Calgary Springbank 1991 and subsequently scrapped.

Former N202RA just arrived in Haiti to serve with Vision Air.

The first Lufthansa scheduled flight to Fornebu was on 5 November 1966. From time onwards, Lufthansa operated a weekly Saturday CV-440 flight from Hamburg via Gothenburg to Fornebu, and the first arrival was photographed on a rainy opening day. First flight was in 1957, and delivered new to LH as D-ACEX on 18 September 1957. On 31 June 1968 it was sold to Air Algerie as 7T-VAY, and converted to a CV-640 with RR Dart 542 turbo prop engines. April 1982 N849TA for Atlas Aircraft Corp, and a month later to C-GQCY for High Line Airways. To Norcanair in 1988, operated for TimeAir unitl withdrawn from use in March 1993.

Later CF-HAF, N27KA, N27KE, N356SA (Salair). Written off 27-Jun-1995 near La Romana (Dominican Republic) while en route from Santo Domingo to Aguadilla.

Later CF-HAF, N27KA, N27KE, N356SA (Salair). Written off 27-Jun-1995 near La Romana (Dominican Republic) while en route from Santo Domingo to Aguadilla.

Became CF-HAF, N27KA, N356SA, W/O 6. June 1995 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (MDSD)

Ex-OH-VKN. Later LN-KLV, N8021P, C-GRNB, N202RA, HH-VAH

Photographer Erkki Sipilä.

Originally delivered to Kar Air of Finland, this CV440 also flew with Finnair and Nor-Fly A-S (OH-VKN, OH-LRH and LN-KLV respectively). North Cariboo bought it in 1979, initially flying in this basic Nor-Fly color scheme. Sold to Southern Frontier Airlines in 1984, the aircraft next moved to the USA in 1988, first for Renown Aviation as N202RA. Sold (or leased?) to Vision Air Haiti as HH-VAH in October 2009, it was last reported stored at Aéroport de Port-au-Prince-Toussaint Louverture, Haiti.