2357 results found
Registration / Serial:LN-BWG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):42
Operator Titles:Partnair
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:May 1986
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:406447Submit Correction
View count: 699
K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as CV-340 N73123 for United. Lake Central 1964, converted to CV-580 1967. Merged into Allegheny as N5843 1968. Mountainwest 1978, Nor Fly LN-BWG 1980, Partnair 1985, leased to Ryanair 1988. Kelowna C-FKFL 1991, various leases. Air Freight NZ ZK-KFH 1997, Air Chathams 2017, used for spares. Seen here still in Nor Fly colours.
Registration / Serial:LN-BWG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):42
Operator Titles:Partnair
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:May 1986
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:LN-BWG
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):42
Operator Titles:Partnair
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:May 1986
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:406447Submit Correction
View count: 699
K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as CV-340 N73123 for United. Lake Central 1964, converted to CV-580 1967. Merged into Allegheny as N5843 1968. Mountainwest 1978, Nor Fly LN-BWG 1980, Partnair 1985, leased to Ryanair 1988. Kelowna C-FKFL 1991, various leases. Air Freight NZ ZK-KFH 1997, Air Chathams 2017, used for spares. Seen here still in Nor Fly colours.
Registration / Serial:LN-BWG
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):42
Operator Titles:Partnair
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:May 1986
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:HK-3740-X
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):145
Operator Titles:Taxsur Colombia
City / Airport:Bogotá - El Dorado International (SKBO / BOG)Map
Country:Colombia
Photo Date:13 November 1992
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:406044Submit Correction
View count: 306
This former American Eagle Convair 580 was imported into Colombia in 1992 and for a short time wore the '-X' suffix to it's registration, later photos on AirHistory.net show it without. Taxsur ceased flying in 1995 and after several years in storage at Bogota the aircraft was scrapped in 2001
Registration / Serial:HK-3740-X
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):145
Operator Titles:Taxsur Colombia
City / Airport:Bogotá - El Dorado International (SKBO / BOG)Map
Country:Colombia
Photo Date:13 November 1992
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:HK-3740-X
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):145
Operator Titles:Taxsur Colombia
City / Airport:Bogotá - El Dorado International (SKBO / BOG)Map
Country:Colombia
Photo Date:13 November 1992
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:406044Submit Correction
View count: 306
This former American Eagle Convair 580 was imported into Colombia in 1992 and for a short time wore the '-X' suffix to it's registration, later photos on AirHistory.net show it without. Taxsur ceased flying in 1995 and after several years in storage at Bogota the aircraft was scrapped in 2001
Registration / Serial:HK-3740-X
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):145
Operator Titles:Taxsur Colombia
City / Airport:Bogotá - El Dorado International (SKBO / BOG)Map
Country:Colombia
Photo Date:13 November 1992
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:LN-FOF
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 340-32
C/n (msn):99
Operator Titles:Fred Olsen Airtransport
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:10 June 1976
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:405933Submit Correction
View count: 260
Registration / Serial:LN-FOF
Aircraft Version:Convair 340-32
C/n (msn):99
Operator Titles:Fred Olsen Airtransport
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:10 June 1976
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:LN-FOF
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 340-32
C/n (msn):99
Operator Titles:Fred Olsen Airtransport
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:10 June 1976
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:405933Submit Correction
View count: 260
Registration / Serial:LN-FOF
Aircraft Version:Convair 340-32
C/n (msn):99
Operator Titles:Fred Olsen Airtransport
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:10 June 1976
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:LN-BWN
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:Partnair
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:August 1989
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:405699Submit Correction
View count: 385
K25 slide scan. Built as 1953 as CV-340 PH-TGF for KLM. Converted to CV-440 as PH-CGF 1964. Mohawk N4406 1964. Lake Central N73159 1967, converted to CV-580. Merged into Allegheny as N5839 1968. Mountainwest 1976, renamed Sierra Pacific 1978. Nor Fly LN-BWN 1980, Partnair 1985. Kelowna C-FKFJ 1991, Trans Provincial 1992, All Canada Express C-GKFJ 1994, Agroar CS-TMG 1994, Kelowna 1996, Pullmann Express 1996, Air Freight NZ ZK-KFJ 2003. Active until at least 2016.
Registration / Serial:LN-BWN
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):114
Operator Titles:Partnair
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:August 1989
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:LN-BWN
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:Partnair
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:August 1989
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:405699Submit Correction
View count: 385
K25 slide scan. Built as 1953 as CV-340 PH-TGF for KLM. Converted to CV-440 as PH-CGF 1964. Mohawk N4406 1964. Lake Central N73159 1967, converted to CV-580. Merged into Allegheny as N5839 1968. Mountainwest 1976, renamed Sierra Pacific 1978. Nor Fly LN-BWN 1980, Partnair 1985. Kelowna C-FKFJ 1991, Trans Provincial 1992, All Canada Express C-GKFJ 1994, Agroar CS-TMG 1994, Kelowna 1996, Pullmann Express 1996, Air Freight NZ ZK-KFJ 2003. Active until at least 2016.
Registration / Serial:LN-BWN
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):114
Operator Titles:Partnair
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:August 1989
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:55-291
Alternate Serial:5291
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair VC-131D
C/n (msn):212
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Event:Prestwick Air Show 1959
Photo Date:16 May 1959
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact
Photo ID:405143Submit Correction
View count: 502
It carries the two-star rank insignia of a major-general just behind the flightdeck window. Disaster struck on 17 December 1960 when it crashed on take-off from Munich (EDDM). Twenty people on board and 32 on the ground lost their lives.
Registration / Serial:55-291
Alternate Serial:5291
Aircraft Version:Convair VC-131D
C/n (msn):212
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 May 1959
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact
Registration / Serial:55-291
Alternate Serial:5291
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair VC-131D
C/n (msn):212
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Event:Prestwick Air Show 1959
Photo Date:16 May 1959
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact
Photo ID:405143Submit Correction
View count: 502
It carries the two-star rank insignia of a major-general just behind the flightdeck window. Disaster struck on 17 December 1960 when it crashed on take-off from Munich (EDDM). Twenty people on board and 32 on the ground lost their lives.
Registration / Serial:55-291
Alternate Serial:5291
Aircraft Version:Convair VC-131D
C/n (msn):212
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 May 1959
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact
Registration / Serial:LN-BWN
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:Partnair
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:10 September 1988
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Photo ID:404761Submit Correction
View count: 178
Ex-N5839, N73159, N4406, N157W, PH-CGF, PH-TGF. Later C-GKFJ, CS-TMG, C-GKFJ, ZK-KFJ
Registration / Serial:LN-BWN
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):114
Operator Titles:Partnair
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:10 September 1988
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Registration / Serial:LN-BWN
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:Partnair
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:10 September 1988
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Photo ID:404761Submit Correction
View count: 178
Ex-N5839, N73159, N4406, N157W, PH-CGF, PH-TGF. Later C-GKFJ, CS-TMG, C-GKFJ, ZK-KFJ
Registration / Serial:LN-BWN
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):114
Operator Titles:Partnair
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:10 September 1988
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Registration / Serial:N136CA
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):400
Operator Titles:Air Resorts Airlines
City / Airport:Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ / CLD / CRQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:19 October 1984
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:404482Submit Correction
View count: 366
Delivered to Finnair as OH-LRE in 1957. To Cosmopolitan Airlines as N37444 then reregistered as N136CA in 1980. To Cochise Airlines in 1981, Air Resorts Airlines in 1982, Onyx Aviation in 1986, Laredo Air in 1988, Karns Air in 1992 and Aviation Business Group in 2002. Still current on the register in 2021. Visible on the satellite image at St. Louis Downtown Airport, MO.
Registration / Serial:N136CA
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):400
Operator Titles:Air Resorts Airlines
City / Airport:Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ / CLD / CRQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:19 October 1984
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N136CA
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):400
Operator Titles:Air Resorts Airlines
City / Airport:Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ / CLD / CRQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:19 October 1984
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:404482Submit Correction
View count: 366
Delivered to Finnair as OH-LRE in 1957. To Cosmopolitan Airlines as N37444 then reregistered as N136CA in 1980. To Cochise Airlines in 1981, Air Resorts Airlines in 1982, Onyx Aviation in 1986, Laredo Air in 1988, Karns Air in 1992 and Aviation Business Group in 2002. Still current on the register in 2021. Visible on the satellite image at St. Louis Downtown Airport, MO.
Registration / Serial:N136CA
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):400
Operator Titles:Air Resorts Airlines
City / Airport:Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ / CLD / CRQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:19 October 1984
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N73301
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):80
Operator Titles:Sierra Pacific Airlines
City / Airport:Mammoth Lakes - Mammoth Yosemite (KMMH / MMH)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:September 1975
Photo by:Jay SherlockContact
Photo ID:403542Submit Correction
View count: 407
Registration / Serial:N73301
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):80
Operator Titles:Sierra Pacific Airlines
City / Airport:Mammoth Lakes - Mammoth Yosemite (KMMH / MMH)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:September 1975
Photo by:Jay SherlockContact
Registration / Serial:N73301
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):80
Operator Titles:Sierra Pacific Airlines
City / Airport:Mammoth Lakes - Mammoth Yosemite (KMMH / MMH)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:September 1975
Photo by:Jay SherlockContact
Photo ID:403542Submit Correction
View count: 407
Registration / Serial:N73301
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):80
Operator Titles:Sierra Pacific Airlines
City / Airport:Mammoth Lakes - Mammoth Yosemite (KMMH / MMH)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:September 1975
Photo by:Jay SherlockContact
Registration / Serial:SE-IEY
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):372
Operator Titles:ScanBee
Aircraft Name:Ada of Gothenburg
City / Airport:Hanover (EDDV / HAJ)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:22 April 1985
Photo by:Udo HaafkeContact
Photo ID:402999Submit Correction
View count: 213
Registration / Serial:SE-IEY
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):372
Operator Titles:ScanBee
City / Airport:Hanover (EDDV / HAJ)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:22 April 1985
Photo by:Udo HaafkeContact
Registration / Serial:SE-IEY
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):372
Operator Titles:ScanBee
Aircraft Name:Ada of Gothenburg
City / Airport:Hanover (EDDV / HAJ)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:22 April 1985
Photo by:Udo HaafkeContact
Photo ID:402999Submit Correction
View count: 213
Registration / Serial:SE-IEY
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):372
Operator Titles:ScanBee
City / Airport:Hanover (EDDV / HAJ)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:22 April 1985
Photo by:Udo HaafkeContact
Registration / Serial:SE-IEY
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):372
Operator Titles:ScanBee
Aircraft Name:Ada of Gothenburg
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:March 1985
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:402858Submit Correction
View count: 384
K25 slide scan. Built 1956 as CV-440 N4866H. Retained by General Dynamics as N440J for company use. Converted to CV-580 1962 and sold to Gulf Oil as N108G. Montex Drilling N104M 1971, N104ML 1977. Scanbee SE-IEY 1980. Kelowna C-FKFL 1987, Air Freight NZ ZK-KFL 1990.
Registration / Serial:SE-IEY
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):372
Operator Titles:ScanBee
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:March 1985
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:SE-IEY
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):372
Operator Titles:ScanBee
Aircraft Name:Ada of Gothenburg
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:March 1985
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:402858Submit Correction
View count: 384
K25 slide scan. Built 1956 as CV-440 N4866H. Retained by General Dynamics as N440J for company use. Converted to CV-580 1962 and sold to Gulf Oil as N108G. Montex Drilling N104M 1971, N104ML 1977. Scanbee SE-IEY 1980. Kelowna C-FKFL 1987, Air Freight NZ ZK-KFL 1990.
Registration / Serial:SE-IEY
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):372
Operator Titles:ScanBee
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:March 1985
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:C-GTAO
Fleet number:134
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):116
Operator Titles:Time Air / Canadian Partner
City / Airport:Edmonton - City Centre / Blatchford Field (CYXD / YXD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Alberta, Canada
Photo Date:March 1989
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:402667Submit Correction
View count: 298
This Convair 580 was added to Time Air's fleet in September 1985. It's pictured just months before being traded to De Havilland Canada in May 1989 for additional Dash 8s.
Registration / Serial:C-GTAO
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):116
Operator Titles:Time Air / Canadian Partner
City / Airport:Edmonton - City Centre / Blatchford Field (CYXD / YXD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Alberta, Canada
Photo Date:March 1989
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:C-GTAO
Fleet number:134
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):116
Operator Titles:Time Air / Canadian Partner
City / Airport:Edmonton - City Centre / Blatchford Field (CYXD / YXD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Alberta, Canada
Photo Date:March 1989
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:402667Submit Correction
View count: 298
This Convair 580 was added to Time Air's fleet in September 1985. It's pictured just months before being traded to De Havilland Canada in May 1989 for additional Dash 8s.
Registration / Serial:C-GTAO
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):116
Operator Titles:Time Air / Canadian Partner
City / Airport:Edmonton - City Centre / Blatchford Field (CYXD / YXD) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Alberta, Canada
Photo Date:March 1989
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:LN-KLK
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-75 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):357
Operator Titles:Nor-Fly
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:March 1984
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:402650Submit Correction
View count: 345
K25 slide scan. Delivered 1956 as SE-BSR to SAS, Nor Fly LN-KLK 1975. Norsk Metropolitan Klubb 1984 as flying monument, donated to Flyhistorisk Museum Stavanger 1991 and put on static display.
Registration / Serial:LN-KLK
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-75 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):357
Operator Titles:Nor-Fly
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:March 1984
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:LN-KLK
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-75 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):357
Operator Titles:Nor-Fly
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:March 1984
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:402650Submit Correction
View count: 345
K25 slide scan. Delivered 1956 as SE-BSR to SAS, Nor Fly LN-KLK 1975. Norsk Metropolitan Klubb 1984 as flying monument, donated to Flyhistorisk Museum Stavanger 1991 and put on static display.
Registration / Serial:LN-KLK
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-75 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):357
Operator Titles:Nor-Fly
City / Airport:Nuremberg (EDDN / NUE)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:March 1984
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:OH-LRD
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):317
Operator Titles:Finnair
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:31 October 1979
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Photo ID:402433Submit Correction
View count: 319
Later N137CA. Written of at Cap Haitien (CAP/MTCH) 18-Mar-1995
Registration / Serial:OH-LRD
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):317
Operator Titles:Finnair
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:31 October 1979
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Registration / Serial:OH-LRD
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):317
Operator Titles:Finnair
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:31 October 1979
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Photo ID:402433Submit Correction
View count: 319
Later N137CA. Written of at Cap Haitien (CAP/MTCH) 18-Mar-1995
Registration / Serial:OH-LRD
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):317
Operator Titles:Finnair
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:31 October 1979
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Registration / Serial:53-7886
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair YC-131C
C/n (msn):91
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Promotional Titles:Operation Hourglass
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1957
Photo from:Jay Sherlock CollectionContact
Photo ID:401436Submit Correction
View count: 572
This aircraft was bailed from the USAF to Lockheed for use in Operation Hourglass, as part of the Electra program. Although the Allison 501D engine was proving reliable, Lockheed flew the aircraft for 30 days on a carefully planned 'airline' schedule in order to test its durability for commercial operations, which involved much longer operational days and multiple daily flight cycles, than the engine had thus far experienced in military use. Photo from Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Registration / Serial:53-7886
Aircraft Version:Convair YC-131C
C/n (msn):91
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1957
Photo from:Jay Sherlock CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:53-7886
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair YC-131C
C/n (msn):91
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Promotional Titles:Operation Hourglass
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1957
Photo from:Jay Sherlock CollectionContact
Photo ID:401436Submit Correction
View count: 572
This aircraft was bailed from the USAF to Lockheed for use in Operation Hourglass, as part of the Electra program. Although the Allison 501D engine was proving reliable, Lockheed flew the aircraft for 30 days on a carefully planned 'airline' schedule in order to test its durability for commercial operations, which involved much longer operational days and multiple daily flight cycles, than the engine had thus far experienced in military use. Photo from Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Registration / Serial:53-7886
Aircraft Version:Convair YC-131C
C/n (msn):91
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Burbank - Bob Hope (KBUR / BUR)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1957
Photo from:Jay Sherlock CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:N1360Y
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131B
C/n (msn):275
City / Airport:Tucson - International (KTUS / TUS)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:13 October 1985
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:401090Submit Correction
View count: 203
Delivered to the USAF as 53-7823 in 1955. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code CS017 in 1975. Sold as N1360Y in 1981 and used for parts at Tucson. Looks like all useful parts have been removed. Its remains were probably scrapped soon after this photo was taken.
Registration / Serial:N1360Y
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131B
C/n (msn):275
City / Airport:Tucson - International (KTUS / TUS)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:13 October 1985
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N1360Y
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131B
C/n (msn):275
City / Airport:Tucson - International (KTUS / TUS)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:13 October 1985
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:401090Submit Correction
View count: 203
Delivered to the USAF as 53-7823 in 1955. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code CS017 in 1975. Sold as N1360Y in 1981 and used for parts at Tucson. Looks like all useful parts have been removed. Its remains were probably scrapped soon after this photo was taken.
Registration / Serial:N1360Y
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131B
C/n (msn):275
City / Airport:Tucson - International (KTUS / TUS)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:13 October 1985
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N1360D
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131B
C/n (msn):241
Operator Titles:Air Resorts Airlines
City / Airport:Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ / CLD / CRQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:5 April 1993
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:401086Submit Correction
View count: 345
Delivered to the USAF as 53-7789 in 1955. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code CS035 in 1975. Sold as N1360D in 1981 and to Air Resorts Airlines in 1983 and Renown Aviation in 1992. Withdrawn from use at Roswell, NM by 2004. Still there in 2021.
Registration / Serial:N1360D
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131B
C/n (msn):241
Operator Titles:Air Resorts Airlines
City / Airport:Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ / CLD / CRQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:5 April 1993
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N1360D
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131B
C/n (msn):241
Operator Titles:Air Resorts Airlines
City / Airport:Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ / CLD / CRQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:5 April 1993
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:401086Submit Correction
View count: 345
Delivered to the USAF as 53-7789 in 1955. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code CS035 in 1975. Sold as N1360D in 1981 and to Air Resorts Airlines in 1983 and Renown Aviation in 1992. Withdrawn from use at Roswell, NM by 2004. Still there in 2021.
Registration / Serial:N1360D
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131B
C/n (msn):241
Operator Titles:Air Resorts Airlines
City / Airport:Carlsbad - McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ / CLD / CRQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:5 April 1993
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:141023
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131F
C/n (msn):306
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:NAF Mildenhall
City / Airport:Greenham Common (EGVI) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:IAT - International Air Tattoo 1979
Photo Date:22 June 1979
Photo by:Mat HerbenContact
Photo ID:399353Submit Correction
View count: 283
Registration / Serial:141023
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131F
C/n (msn):306
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Greenham Common (EGVI) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:22 June 1979
Photo by:Mat HerbenContact
Registration / Serial:141023
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131F
C/n (msn):306
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:NAF Mildenhall
City / Airport:Greenham Common (EGVI) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:IAT - International Air Tattoo 1979
Photo Date:22 June 1979
Photo by:Mat HerbenContact
Photo ID:399353Submit Correction
View count: 283
Registration / Serial:141023
Aircraft Version:Convair C-131F
C/n (msn):306
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Greenham Common (EGVI) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:22 June 1979
Photo by:Mat HerbenContact
Registration / Serial:54-2822
Alternate Serial:42822
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair VC-131D
C/n (msn):232
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:25 June 1972
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Photo ID:398937Submit Correction
View count: 313
Registration / Serial:54-2822
Alternate Serial:42822
Aircraft Version:Convair VC-131D
C/n (msn):232
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:25 June 1972
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Registration / Serial:54-2822
Alternate Serial:42822
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair VC-131D
C/n (msn):232
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:25 June 1972
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Photo ID:398937Submit Correction
View count: 313
Registration / Serial:54-2822
Alternate Serial:42822
Aircraft Version:Convair VC-131D
C/n (msn):232
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:25 June 1972
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Registration / Serial:LN-MAP
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):331
Operator Titles:(Nor-Fly)
City / Airport:Glasgow - International (EGPF / GLA)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:30 December 1976
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:398813Submit Correction
View count: 297
Under the apron lights at Glasgow. Its SAS history is apparent from its cheatline.
Registration / Serial:LN-MAP
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):331
Operator Titles:(Nor-Fly)
City / Airport:Glasgow - International (EGPF / GLA)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:30 December 1976
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:LN-MAP
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):331
Operator Titles:(Nor-Fly)
City / Airport:Glasgow - International (EGPF / GLA)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:30 December 1976
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:398813Submit Correction
View count: 297
Under the apron lights at Glasgow. Its SAS history is apparent from its cheatline.
Registration / Serial:LN-MAP
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):331
Operator Titles:(Nor-Fly)
City / Airport:Glasgow - International (EGPF / GLA)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:30 December 1976
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:N131FL
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):155
Operator Titles:Contract Air Cargo
City / Airport:Toronto - Lester B Pearson International (CYYZ / YYZ)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:4 April 2005
Photo by:BeauContact
Photo ID:398041Submit Correction
View count: 256
Registration / Serial:N131FL
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):155
Operator Titles:Contract Air Cargo
City / Airport:Toronto - Lester B Pearson International (CYYZ / YYZ)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:4 April 2005
Photo by:BeauContact
Registration / Serial:N131FL
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):155
Operator Titles:Contract Air Cargo
City / Airport:Toronto - Lester B Pearson International (CYYZ / YYZ)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:4 April 2005
Photo by:BeauContact
Photo ID:398041Submit Correction
View count: 256
Registration / Serial:N131FL
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):155
Operator Titles:Contract Air Cargo
City / Airport:Toronto - Lester B Pearson International (CYYZ / YYZ)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:4 April 2005
Photo by:BeauContact