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    later converted to Convair 580s with Allison turbo props. Convair CV-580 Conversion from Convair CV-340 (Allison Prop-Jet Convair 340) or CV-440 aircraft...
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    On 10 July 2018, a Convair 340 owned by Dutch aviation museum Aviodrome crashed during a trial flight in Pretoria, South Africa. The aircraft suffered...
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    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...
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    Convair, previously Consolidated Vultee, was an American aircraft-manufacturing company that later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was...
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    The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger is an interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. A member of the Century...
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    1979. In 1959, Allegheny debuted its first turbine airliner, a Convair 540, a Convair 340 with the piston engines replaced by Napier Elands. When Rolls-Royce...
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    Paulo. On the night of May 3, 1963, the aircraft operating this route, a Convair 340 registration PP-CDW, took off from Congonhas Airport in São Paulo at...
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    The Convair C-131 Samaritan is an American twin-engined military transport produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair. It is the military version of the Convair...
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  • 1982, initially interlinking La Paz, Tijuana and Hermosillo using one Convair 340. In 1989, international scheduled jet flights commenced, with Los Angeles...
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    2013 Former Continental Airlines fleet. Convair 340 52 1952 1968 Un­known Douglas DC-3 118 1936 1956 Convair 340 Douglas DC-4 36 1946 1957 Un­known Douglas...
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    The Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft. The project was to use a Convair B-36...
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  • survivor is seriously injured. July 20 - In the 2018 Pretoria Convair 340 crash a Convair 340, operated by Dutch aviation museum Aviodrome, crashed during...
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  • 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 DH...
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    stationed in England. The accident aircraft, Convair C-131D-CO Samaritan, (c/n 212, company designation: Model 340-79), was a twin piston engined military...
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  • September 10, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2013. "DE LOS DOUGLAS DC-6B A LOS CONVAIR 340 / 440". Pilotosretiradoslan.cl. Archived from the original on April 14...
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    Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 435 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair CV-240 family)
    waters of Baía de Guanabara near Ilha dos Ferros on June 24, 1960. The Convair 340 was manufactured in 1951, as an order from United Airlines which desired...
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    from the original on January 19, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2022. "Convair 340". Delta Museum. Atlanta: Delta Air Lines. Archived from the original...
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    City's FAA operating certificate along with their only other airplane, a Convair 340 (N3416). After changing Music City Airways name to Gulf Air Transport...
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    Engineering A. 529: 62. doi:10.1016/j.msea.2011.08.061. Report on the Convair 340/580 LN-PAA aircraft accident North of Hirtshals, Denmark on September...
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    the same airplane or adjacent objects and people. In the 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash, a transport crashed into a major street. Burning fuel set fire...
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    other cities in Central America, such as Guatemala City, mainly with Convair 340. Mackey Airlines inaugurated its passenger service between Fort Lauderdale...
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    Curacao to Ciudad Trujillo while KLM Convairs flew Aruba to Kingston with Delta Air Lines operating Convair 340 flights nonstop between New Orleans and...
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  • aircraft. On June 1, 1964, it was the first airline to fly the Convair 580, a CV-340/440 retrofitted with GM Allison turboprops. It had 50 seats, was...
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  • the off-peak summer season. This decade saw the introduction of the Convair 340/440, the Douglas DC-7, and the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation. On...
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  • in 1999. Flights operated on an hourly basis initially by Convair 240 (Varig), Convair 340 (Cruzeiro) and Saab 90 Scandia (VASP). In a few months the...
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    Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair CV-240 family)
    stands as the fourth-deadliest crash of a Convair CV-440 to date. The aircraft involved in the crash was a Convair 340/440-38, registered as N4189C. It was...
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  • Saudia Convair 340 in 1959...
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  • Corporation BAC One-Eleven jets, Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops and Convair 340 and Douglas DC-3 prop aircraft while Out Island was operating Fairchild...
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  • Star Cessna 402 Concorde Convair 240 Convair 340 Convair 440 Convair 540 Convair 580 Convair 600 Convair 640 Convair 880 Convair 990 Curtiss Commando Dassault...
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  • DC-3s, 8 Catalina seaplanes, and 8 Convair 240s. In 1956, the airline operated its first flight to Mecca with Convair aircraft, carrying 40 Indonesian pilgrims...
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