Great Lakes Paper operated this Convair 580 March 1970 to January 1973. Originally Convair 340 N73134 Mainliner Portland with United Airlines in 1953, it was owned by Johnson and Johnson as N400J after 1958. Converted to a 580 in 1963, the aircraft moved to the USA again in 1973 as N8EH. With the Canadian government as C-GRSC from July 1974 utilized for research with the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Retired circa 2010, the aircraft was donated to the Canada Air and Space Museum in 2015 and housed in their reserve collection at Rockliffe, ON.

Civil registration is just below roundel. Acquired by Kelowna Flightcraft ex AMARC and converted to CV5800 registration C-FKFS in 2001. Exported as ZK-KFS in 2004 then imported in 2016 and (confusingly) registered C-GKFS. Operational with Kelowna Flightcraft Charter in 2023.

ex Gem State Airlines. Later re-registered N115GS. Any help on the location is appreciated.

Initially delivered to Sabena 8 November 1956 as OO-SCR, bought by Aviaco 12 December 1959 and sold to Bolivia Air Force in 1973 (TAM-46). Crashed on approach to La Paz 22 October 1984.

Sharing the ramp at the KF Aerospace Museum in Kelowna with recently retired CV580 C-FKFA

Nice to see a retired fire bomber preserved complete with its retardant tank. Prop work was happening at the time.

Delivered new to Braniff International in 1953 as a CV340 then converted to CV580 by Allegheny Airlines in 1966. Imported by Kelowna Flightcraft Charter in 1992 and here wearing FedEx titles. Sold to Conair in 2001 and converted to air tanker then retired in 2021. Sold to Air Spray for the engines and parked at Red Deer/AB.

Seen on takeoff from Tampa, FL.

Delivered new to Pan American in 1954 as a CV340 then converted to CV580 by North Central in 1968. Registered to Kelowna Flightcraft Charter at this time and carrying their fleet number, but no other titles. Still registered to KFC in 2023.

Witj a looming storm in the background 440 is about to land on runway7 9R at Miami.