Built 1953 as a CV-240 as N73128 for United Airlines. 1960 N5120 rr and converted to CV-340-31by general Motors Corporation. Later converted to CV-580, and became HR-SAX, N9012J, N770PR and C-GKFT. May 15th 1986 LN-PAA for PartnAir, as the 3rd CV-580 in the fleet. Written off in a terrible accident September 8th 1989 in Skagerak, the aircraft had been leased by a Norwegian shipping company: Wilhelmsen for a trip to Hamburg, and all people aboard were killed in the accident. Scanned from a slide

Delivered Oct 1952 as N90852 to Continental. Mar 1959 to North Central. Via merge to Jan 1979 to Republic Airlines. Bought by Tigerair July 1981 and leased to Key Airlines, which bought it Aug 1983. Reregistered Nov 1981 as N32KA. Bought Aug 1985 by Westates Airlines, then owned and operated by various companies until arrived to Gray Line Air Jun 1994. Left their fleet already Mar 1995, have a few operators and become Apr 1997 C-GKGG with Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter.

Evidently Westates Airlines operated as a Trans World Express affiliate for a while. A press relese dated 11 October 1991 says flights would start on 27 October.

Built as CV-340

"RESEARCH 9" CV-580 just departing on it's first leg to return home after spending some time in the Las Vegas area recently

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Mainliner Chicago was with United Airlines 1952 - 66 as a Convair 340 registered N73118. Sold to Lake Central Airlines, it was converted to a 580 When Lake Central merged with Allegheny Airlines in 1968, it was re-registered N5840. Sold to Great Lakes Airlines as C-GDTD in 1976 and rebranded Air Ontario in 1981. The aircraft was sold in 1987 as OO-VGH, operated by European Air Transport for DHL cargo services. Retired in 1991, it was scrapped at Brussels by 1994.

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with Namib Air from 1978 ti 1988 (photographer not known)

Ex-Avensa Convair 580 YV-53C, (note YV-63 behind), in temporary storage at Miami Intl. in November 1979. Later that month it went to Plymouth Leasing as N4806Q and converted to cargo configuration; re-registered N588PL it operated for a number of US and Canadian carriers and in August 1980, whilst operating for Interstate Airlines, it survived a wheels up landing on a foamed runway at Boston Logan after having an undercarriage problem. In April 1986 it was re-registered C-GNMQ with Nordair Metro returning to the US as N118GT in 1990, and is thought to have been scrapped at Detroit soon after.

ended up with Air Venezuela as YV-974C (photographer not known)

Under maintenance at the time, this 1954 Convair 580 (ex TAM-73) flew again for the Bolivian Air Force, only to met its demise in a crash 22 February 2005 at Trinidad. The aircraft crash-landed on muddy terrain just after takeoff following engine problems. Twenty-eight people were injured. The wreck lingered around for a few more years.

Long term storage since 1992 for this Convair 580 TAM-70 with msn 94. TAM operated another Convair 580 with the same serial and msn 39 which was sold as N81MR in 1979.

Registered to J. D. Wrather Jr. Photo by Steve Kraus.

A Convair 440 delivered to National Airlines in 1956, this airliner was bought by North Central Airlines in 1963 and converted to turbine CV580 standard in 1968. It remained in the fleet through the name change to Republic Airlines and merger with Northwest Airlines. To Time Air in 1990, it would later fly with Canair Cargo from 1992 - 98 before joining Nolinor. Air Spray bought Norlinor's CV580s in 2021 for their engines and propellers for use on their Electra airtankers. C-FTAP's airframe was donated to the Time Air Historical Society while the rest were scrapped at Mirabel, QC.

Freshly painted and being prepared for lease to Wings West for operation under the American Eagle brand. The registration has still to be applied.

Being prepared for a one-year lease by Sierra Pacific to Wings West Airlines. Note the registration has still to be reapplied after painting.

Stored after a period of operation with Metroflight under the American Eagle brand. Reportedly sold in Colombia as HK-3616X but seized by the Mexican authorities in 1992 when it was caught being used in a drugs-smuggling operation.