Registration / Serial:161572
Alternate Serial:6572
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 880
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 880
Aircraft Version:Convair UC-880 (880M (22M-21))
C/n (msn):55
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:NATC - Naval Air Test Center
City / Airport:Patuxent River - NAS / Trapnell Field (KNHK / NHK)Map
Region / Country:Maryland, United States
Photo Date:2 November 1981
Photo from:Augusto Laghi CollectionContact
Photo ID:643204Submit Correction
View count: 185
Photographer unknown - delivered to FAA Aug 1961 as N112 and used to train FAA flight examiners. Registered as N42 in 1974. Modified by Navy as an in-flight tanker and given BuNo 161572. Concurrently fitted out as an airborne control station for cruise missiles. Flight Systems bought the plane and re-registered it as N87490 Last flight Sep 30, 1993 (also last flight of any CV-880). Destroyed in a cargo hold explosion test at NAS Patuxent River, MD in 1995.
Registration / Serial:161572
Alternate Serial:6572
Aircraft Version:Convair UC-880 (880M (22M-21))
C/n (msn):55
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Patuxent River - NAS / Trapnell Field (KNHK / NHK)Map
Region / Country:Maryland, United States
Photo Date:2 November 1981
Photo from:Augusto Laghi CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:161572
Alternate Serial:6572
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 880
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 880
Aircraft Version:Convair UC-880 (880M (22M-21))
C/n (msn):55
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:NATC - Naval Air Test Center
City / Airport:Patuxent River - NAS / Trapnell Field (KNHK / NHK)Map
Region / Country:Maryland, United States
Photo Date:2 November 1981
Photo from:Augusto Laghi CollectionContact
Photo ID:643204Submit Correction
View count: 185
Photographer unknown - delivered to FAA Aug 1961 as N112 and used to train FAA flight examiners. Registered as N42 in 1974. Modified by Navy as an in-flight tanker and given BuNo 161572. Concurrently fitted out as an airborne control station for cruise missiles. Flight Systems bought the plane and re-registered it as N87490 Last flight Sep 30, 1993 (also last flight of any CV-880). Destroyed in a cargo hold explosion test at NAS Patuxent River, MD in 1995.
Registration / Serial:161572
Alternate Serial:6572
Aircraft Version:Convair UC-880 (880M (22M-21))
C/n (msn):55
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Airport:Patuxent River - NAS / Trapnell Field (KNHK / NHK)Map
Region / Country:Maryland, United States
Photo Date:2 November 1981
Photo from:Augusto Laghi CollectionContact