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.

Braniff was the first operator of this aircraft and it was later modified to a 580 with North Central.

Seen crossing the Sawyer Road overpass to depart on runway 28R at Port Columbus.

Just finished fueling at the end gate of the old Port Columbus airport. the old observation deck is just above the forward fuselage and I spent many hours on the wonderful vantage point.

Delivered new to KLM in 1953 as PJ-CVB/PH-CGK and here just acquired by Eastern Canada Stevedoring Co. Ltd. and likely on delivery to Canada where it would have been used to fly maritime personnel from port to port. Strangely it was replaced by a CV240 with the same registration in 1964. This airframe was converted to CV580 and spent many years flying freight in Europe as OO-DHD and EC-GKH.

PPQ310 CV-580 taxis out for it's short flight to Tijuana

Delivered to the US Navy as 141009 in 1955. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 1G023 in 1986. Sold as N8149P and converted to a sprayer for Beaufort County Mosquito Control in 1998. To Contract Air Cargo and stored at Pontiac, MI in 2011. Still there in 2017.

Returning from a sortie and about to touch down on Runway 31 at High Level Airport. Part of a bomber group deployed at the Airport's Fire attack Base.

The first Lufthansa scheduled flight to Fornebu was on 5 November 1966. From time onwards, Lufthansa operated a weekly Saturday CV-440 flight from Hamburg via Gothenburg to Fornebu, and the first arrival was photographed on a rainy opening day. First flight was in 1957, and delivered new to LH as D-ACEX on 18 September 1957. On 31 June 1968 it was sold to Air Algerie as 7T-VAY, and converted to a CV-640 with RR Dart 542 turbo prop engines. April 1982 N849TA for Atlas Aircraft Corp, and a month later to C-GQCY for High Line Airways. To Norcanair in 1988, operated for TimeAir unitl withdrawn from use in March 1993.

Photographer: Adrian Stanislovaitis. K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as CV-340 N4803C for Delta, converted to CV-440. North Central 1962, converted to CV-580 1969. TAM Bolivia TAM-70 1974, sold as N81MR 1979. Gulf Air Transport N511GA 1980, Air Cape ZS-LYL 1988. Went on to operate with Safair, Court, CHC Helicopter, Titan Helicopter Group. Preserved Wijnland Auto Museum Stellenbosch by 2018.

Photo by Patrick Martin

"Catbird" is the callsign of the personal transport of the Commander in Chief of the US Navy Allied Forces Southern Europe (CINCSOUTH). This R4Y-1 was re-designated to VC-131F in September 1962. In 1999 it went to Everts Fuel as N2409R and was broken up for spares

Seen arriving at Anchorage to clear customs and refuel before heading north to assist in fighting wildfires in the Alaska interior.

to Evergreen a year later. Exported to Colombia in 1990. Last with the Colombian Army as EJC1121 - photographer unknown