Its best years are behind it, Convair 440 HH-OMA was found near the eastern threshold of Port-au-Prince airport and provided a welcome sunshelter for workers in the area of the UN logistics compound.

Former Canadian Armed Forces CC-109 109157, or Canadair CL-66B if you wish, but probably better known as Convair 540 HP-1445 is seen here stored at Albrook in Panama.

Former N202RA just arrived in Haiti to serve with Vision Air.

A nice prop visitor to Luton. Built in 1957 as a Convair 440-90 and registered to Convair as N8466H. Delivered to General Dynamics Corp as N440J on 20 Mar 1957. To the Gulf Oil Co as N108G in Jan 1962. Converted to a Convair 580 on 28 Mar 1962. Reregistered to N108GL in Mar 1971. To N114M in Apr 1971. To N114ML in Feb 1977. To Sweden and ScanBee as SE-IEY in Dec 1980. To Canada with Kelowna Flightcraft as C-GKFL on 20Jan 1987 and converted to a freighter. To New Zealand as ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ in Feb 1990. Transferred to Air Chatham on 29 Nov 2016. Scrapped by Jun 2022.

Photographer: Angelo Gialanella

Photographer: Adriano Agnoli

Photographer: Max Fankhauser

Photographer unknown - to N8149P

Photographer: Mr. Foramiti - note Commander in chief allied forces southern Europe, on fusolage

Photographer unknown - ex USAF 51-5165

Retired to MASDC on 7 January 1975.

Mildenhall Air Fete 1979. Operated by NAF Mildenhall. Delivered to the US Navy on 16 May 1956. Later to NAF Sigonella who sent it to storage at MASDC on 02 June 1986. To Lamb-Depollution, Tucson, AZ on 21 Dec 2020 for scrapping.

Photographer not known. The location should be Rome Ciampino according to the following aircraft history: Delivered new to Alitalia 1957-02-27 as I-DOVE. Transferred to Italian AF, 306° Gruppo, 1961-02-23. Coded by Italian AF as SM-2, SM-5, SM21 Assigned to 31° Stormo and coded 31-21 in October 1976. Withdrawn from use and stored in Ciampino 1978-02-18. Demolished in Ciampino in April 1987

Delivered to Sabena as CV-440-12 OO-SCS in 1956. To Frontier Airlines as N73166 and converted to a CV580 in 1968. To other operators from 1984 then to Kelowna Flightcraft as C-GEUZ then C-FHKF in 1999. To Conair in 2000 and converted to a firebomber. Last flight to Victoria, BC for preservation at the BC Aviation Museum in 2022.

After a long and illustrious career, this Convairliner ended her career as a fire trainer. Delivered new to SAS 13 June 1956, she served on European and Scandinavian routes for the tri-national airline until November 1976 when she was sold to Botswana Desert Airways and the registration 3D-AAC was applied, but not taken up. She was then sold to Nor-Fly as LN-MAP where she remained until 1983 and withdrawn from use at Fornebu where she ended as a fire trainer. During 1998 she was moved to Oslo's new international airport at Gardermoen where she is seen on a cold winter's day after an exercise

After a long and illustrious career, this Convairliner ended her career as a fire trainer. Delivered new to SAS 13 June 1956, she served on European and Scandinavian routes for the tri-national airline until November 1976 when she was sold to Botswana Desert Airways and the registration 3D-AAC was applied, but not taken up. She was then sold to Nor-Fly as LN-MAP where she remained until 1983 and withdrawn from use at Fornebu where she ended as a fire trainer. Here seen during being doused with water during a exercise. During 1998 she was moved to Oslo's new international airport at Gardermoen

Operated by Dow Jones. Built as N4818C for Delta Air Lines and delivered on 27 Oct 1953 as a Convair 340 and later converted to a 440. WFU and stored in Apr 1970.Dow Jones operated it between 1974 and 1984. Cancelled by the FAA as destroyed in 1996.