Operated by NAF Mildenhall. Photo taken from my garden. Just departed from runway 07. Delivered to the US Navy on 07 Dec 1955. To storage at MASDC on 27 Jan 1986. To the US civil register as N8149P and converted to a mosquito sprayer at Beaufort SC. Registration cancelled on 19 Feb 2022.

Operating for Air New England. Delivered to Pan American as CV340 N11151 then to National Airlines in 1954. To Allegheny Airlines in 1960 and converted to a CV440 then to a CV580 in 1967. To Aspen Airways in 1976 then to Kelowna Flight Charter as C-FKFZ in 1992. Still in service in 2023.

Became T.14-1 (Spain Air Force), 3C-JJO

Based at CAF Lahr Air Base.

Any help on the location is appreciated

Any help on the location is appreciated.

Location might be Eindhoven (NL)

Short final for RWY 24R.

Taxiing towards the northern ramp.

K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as CV-340 for United. Lake Central 1964, converted to CV-580 1967, merged into Allgheny as N5843 1968. Nor Fly LN-BWG 1980, Partnair 1985, leased to Ryanair during 1988. Kelowna C-FKFL 1991, operating at times for Trans Provincial and All Canada Express. Air Freight NZ ZK-KFH 1994, Air Chathams 2017, used for spares at Auckland by 2019. One of three CV-580's registered as C-FKFL the others being msn 372 and 465.

K25 slide scan. Built 1957 as CV-340 D-ACAP for Lufthansa. Converted to CV-640 as 7T-VAR and delivered to Air Algerie 1968. Atlas Aircraft Corp N848TA April 1981. High Line Airways C-GQCQ September 1981, merged into Norcanair 1984, merged into Time Air 1987. Canada West Air 1988, stored Tucson 1990. Reregistered N55AP 1993 but remained stored in Time Air colours until scrapped late 1990's.

This abandoned Convair is hiding in a remote corner of the airport of Morelia, near the end of the runway. An unpaved path leads to this airplane. It can also be clearly seen from highway 48-D, but not from the airport terminal. Google Earth shows the airplane painted in bright colors but these have faded or have been washed away in the Mexican climate. What now remains is a decorative cover that looks like urban-graffiti. If you look closely you can still read the registration XB-GNM on the tail and dorsal fin. Also note the very faded "Cariboo" titles on the fuselage, from its time with North Cariboo Flying Service as C-GRWW in the early and mid 1980s.