The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas...

crash site Greenville Baton Rouge On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 passenger aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooded area near Gillsburg...

produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair. It is the military version of the Convair CV-240 family of airliners. This was one of the last radial engined aircraft...

The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner produced by Convair from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement of the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. Featuring...

defect during manufacture. June 22, 1949: American Airlines Flight 402, a Convair 240, nosed up on takeoff and landed wheels-up near Memphis, following engine...

The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber that was built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The...

The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight....

Flight 723, a Convair 240, crashed while on approach to Albany Airport; all 28 passengers and crew die. October 14 – A Sabena Convair 240 lost control...

Airlines livery) Douglas DC-3 (in Mohawk Airlines livery) Convair 240 Martin 4-0-4 Convair 440 BAC One-Eleven (initial livery) Fairchild Hiller FH-227B...

obsolete on main routes by more advanced types such as the Douglas DC-4 and Convair 240, but the design proved adaptable and was still useful on less commercially...

Convairliners including Convair 240 and Convair 340 aircraft. The DC-3s were operated for several more years while the Convair 240s were retired during...

Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was...

The 1977 Aviateca Convair 240 airplane crash was a scheduled Aviateca passenger flight that crashed near Guatemala City, Guatemala on April 27, 1977....

The passengers had been informed about potential problems with the Convair CV-240 and were told to brace for a crash. Van Zant died on impact from head...

York, South Africa, and South America with Douglas DC-4s. The modern Convair 240, the first Swissair plane with a pressurised cabin, was used for short...

Air Rajneesh Convair 240 and Douglas DC-3 at Big Muddy Ranch Airport in October 1985....

On 19 June 1954 a Swissair Convair CV-240 ditched off Folkestone, Kent when it ran out of fuel while crossing the English Channel. All on board survived...

Kong Kai Tak Airport to Communist-controlled China. The lead aircraft (Convair 240) was welcomed with pomp and ceremony in Beijing, while the other 11 landed...

Pacific Airlines. He held ratings on Convair 240/340/440 aircraft. He had 8,831 flight hours, 5,992 of which were in Convair aircraft. West had occupied the...

South Carolina, on October 20, 1977, the band boarded a chartered Convair CV-240 bound for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they were scheduled to appear...

Jumbo 1 1930 1940 Only 1 aircraft was ever built, PH-AFI. Convair 240 12 1948 1959 Convair 340 13 1953 1964 De Havilland DH.9 4 1921 1926 De Havilland...

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was...

Oklahoma City was added by 1961. Central operated Douglas DC-3, Convair 240, and Convair 600 aircraft. In 1967 Central merged into Frontier Airlines which...

Air Rajneesh Convair 240 at Big Muddy Ranch Airport An Air Rajneesh Douglas DC-3 at Big Muddy Ranch Airport Another Air Rajneesh Convair 440 Some Air...

On 14 October 1953, a Sabena Convair CV-240 crashed 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Frankfurt, West Germany, shortly after taking off from Frankfurt International...

Miami Airlines C-46 in December and the crash of an American Airlines Convair 240, three weeks earlier. The aircraft, a four-engined, propeller-driven...

Laguardia Airport in New York City, New York. On August 4, 1955, the Convair CV-240-0 crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Fort Leonard Wood...

only in 1999. Flights operated on an hourly basis initially by Convair 240 (Varig), Convair 340 (Cruzeiro) and Saab 90 Scandia (VASP). In a matter of a few...

aircraft were primarily used in the latter 1930s through 1940s followed by Convair 240's and Douglas DC-6's in the 1950s. A new route to Monterrey and Mexico...

more modern aircraft, new Convair 240s were purchased. The addition of the Lockheed Super Constellation and the Convair 240 provoked a deep change of...