Sunset arrival for this Mexican Convair freighter

Taxiing out for takeoff on runway 13. Originally delivered to American Airlines 10 December 1948, sold to TTA November 1964. Eventually converted to CV-600 by TTA.

Delivered new to Swissair as HB-IRT. This a/c is now at the Castle Air Museum painted as USCG HC-131A 5785.

Strategic Air Command VIP transport aircraft. Retired to MASDC at Davis Monthan AFB on 15 January 1975.

Struck off charge 19 November 1979.

Retired from USN use in July 1982.

At the time slide was taken 145963 was assigned to the Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment New Orleans. Struck off charge November 1984.

Assigned to Headquarters, Air National Guard Bureau in Washington D.C. at the time slide was taken.

Retired from USAF service July 1977. Civilian registrations N10409, C-GMUM, and N865TA, which was cancelled on 10 October 1990.

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.