Originally delivered to Pan American in October 1959 as N719PA "Clipper Windward", it was sold to British Midland Airways in March 1970 as G-AYBJ, but was mostly leased out by them to a whole host of mainly Asian and African carriers until withdrawn from use at East Midlands in December 1977. It was bought by Jet Power/MCA Leasing as N431MA and flown to Miami in the Spring of 1978, and again was leased out to a number of small airlines until it was withdraw from use at Sharjah, where it is believed to have been broken up in the 1990s.

Re-registered from N8207U to honour the airline's founder, Joseph Ciavardone. Ordered by Pan American-Grace Airways (PANAGRA) as N8275H, but leased to Pan American from May 1960 to May 1964 when returned to PANAGRA. After PANAGRA merged with Braniff in February 1967 it was sold to United Airlines as N8207U and served until sold in September 1976. After cargo conversion it was acquired by Conner Airlines who leased it to Concord Intl. in August 1977. It was returned to Conner in January 1981 and scrapped at MIA in December 1983. (Thanks to www.airliners-airlines.de/ for much of the above.).

Ex N2708D, HB-LHA and 2-NJOY.

Ex-Avensa Convair 580 YV-53C, (note YV-63 behind), in temporary storage at Miami Intl. in November 1979. Later that month it went to Plymouth Leasing as N4806Q and converted to cargo configuration; re-registered N588PL it operated for a number of US and Canadian carriers and in August 1980, whilst operating for Interstate Airlines, it survived a wheels up landing on a foamed runway at Boston Logan after having an undercarriage problem. In April 1986 it was re-registered C-GNMQ with Nordair Metro returning to the US as N118GT in 1990, and is thought to have been scrapped at Detroit soon after.

The aircraft was delivered new to Pacific Northern Airlines (PNA) as N720V in March 1962, and after PNA's 1967 merger with Western Airlines it was repainted in the latter's livery. In 1973, after a period of storage at Las Vegas, it was acquired by Alaska Airlines and re-registered N301AS; it served with them until December 1975 when it, and a sister-ship, was traded to Pan American in part exchange for 4 Boeing 727-21s and flown to MIA for storage. In January 1984 it was noted that the breaking up process had been started and the registration was cancelled in January 1987.

This aircraft was sold to Bolivia in March 1981 as CP-1674 and it is reported online that on 22nd July 1989, whilst operating for SASA - Servicios Aéreos Santa Ana, it crashed into Chacaltaya Mountain in the Bolivian Andes at Flight Level 150 when descending into La Paz El Alto International Airport in IFR conditions.

The aircraft was withdrawn from service in 1991 and is now exhibited in the Aeroscopia museum at Toulouse.

Delivered to Trans-Canada Air Lines as CF-TGN in April 1955, it served until September 1962 and then served with various corporate owners until acquired by Go in October 1979. When photographed it had recently been resprayed in this new colour scheme, and, according to the Vickers Viscount Network it was fitted with a new luxury 19-seat interior with video players and telephones. Although, (again according to VVN), it changed hands a couple of more times before it was scrapped in April 1993, I have been unable to find a photograph of it away from Tucson, or indeed with a full set of engines.

The aircraft was sold to Reliant Airlines as N232RA in 1984. It was written off on 15th February 1989 when it overran and went down a steep embankment at Binghamton Airport, NY., after landing on an icy runway with braking action nil and a drag chute that did not open properly.

Ex-F-WQPJ French Air Force.

This aircraft is now exhibited at the US Army Aviation Museum at Fort Novosel, Daleville, AL.