To Finnair in August 1957 as OH-LRF. To LN-MTT in December 1972. To Allegheny airlines in May 1974 as N90447. To American Jet Industries in June 1974 and Concare Aircraft Leasing in March 1975. To Harrison Airways in November 1975 as C-GBHA. To Aero Dyne in November 1978 as N440AD. To Leasco Financial Corp. in January 1982, YAC Aircraft in April 1983, Saeta Aircraft Parts in April 1984. To Airways Int'l in July 1984. To Trans Texas Air Freight in June 1988. to Aero Norte in July 1988 as OB-T1326. To SASA in September 1992 as CP-2256. Written off during a forced belly landing in September 1993.

Ex ZS-KRX, registered July 1984 and transferred to Canair Cargo Apr 1991

Ex Freedom Airlines N5835, registered 14th Oct 1984 and transferred to Canair Cargo Nov 1991

This lovely old prop was delivered to United in November 1952 as N73117 as a Cv-340. It went on to fly with some classic names in American aviation including Frontier (during which it was converted to a CV-580), Aspen, Golden Gate and Sierra Pacific before storage at Tucson (TUS) in February 1988. During this time it was converted to a frighter and started with EAT/DHL in April 1989, going on in July 1995 to Swiftair as (EC-943) EC-GDY. It was bought by Skyhaul in June 2005 and ferried to George (GRJ), South Africa as ZS-SKG where it was scrapped for spares.

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

slide scan from the NK collection. - YU-ADR was an ex-Lufthansa Metropolitan, which was acquired by JAT in spring 1969 and flown by the company until 1973. Sold to a corporate operator as N985, the aircraft was dbr in a take off accident at Cairo in October 1976.

Photographer Erkki Sipilä.

K25 slide scan. Built as CV-340 N73131 for United Airlines. Converted to CV-580 by Lake Central January 1968. Later to Allegheny, Mountainwest, Sierra Pacific and, after Freighter conversion, Summit Airlines. Aquired by DHL October 1987 and operated by EAT as OO-DHC. Transferred to Swiftair as EC-HMR May 2000. To Air Tahoma as N586P 27 April 2004. Crashed 13 August 2004 on approach to Cincinnati after fuel mismanagement.

K25 slide scan. NAS Sigonella. Delivered 1958 as R4Y-2, redesignated C-131G 1962, later converted to VC-131G. Operated by USMC for several years. Retired to MASDC 1986. Sold on auction and registered N45962, noted stored in ARM/DMI yard Tucson 2007, registration cancelled 2012.

slide from the NK collection. - Delta Air Transport operated six Metropolitans between 1972 and 1977; this one flew for IBERIA for its first 15 years of life before joining the Delta Air Transport fleet in 1972. The last operator of it was Air Resorts (N44825), who eventually put the aircraft into storage at Carlsbad CA, where it was seen in 1990 and again in 1997.

Quebecair registered this Convair in April 1986. It was originally a Convair 340 delivered to Continental Airlines as N90855 in 1953. Converted to a 580 by North Central Airlines in 1968, C-GQBN survived airline name changes to Inter-Canadien and Intair, before sold to Conifair Aviation in 1991. It was withdrawn from use in 1994.

Ex-N5843, N73123. Later C-FKFL, ZK-KFH

Has small "Biblical Research Teaching & Fellowship" titles on the nose. Originally built as Convair 340, but converted to Convair 580 in 1961.

K25 slide scan. Built 1952 as CV-340 for United Airlines. Converted to CV-580 for Frontier Airways 1966, Aspen Airways 1979, Jet Alaska 1980, Golden Gate 1981, Sierra Pacific 1983, Metroflight 1984, traded to SAAB 1988. EAT OO-DHG after freighter conversion 1989, operating for DHL. Transferred to Swiftair as EC-943/EC-GDY 1995. Sold as ZS-SKG for spares 2005, stored Cape Town and scrapped 2012.