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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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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F27. The airline switched to General Motors/Allison turboprops in the Convair 580 which the carrier named the "Vistacruiser", the first CV580 flight was...
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all-turboprop fleet of Convair 580s and Nord 262s. Lake Central Airlines previously operated the following aircraft: 8 Convair CV-340 4 Convair CV-580 1 Curtiss C-46...
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the new 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...
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Metroflight Airlines (a wholly owned subsidiary of Metro Airlines), using a Convair 580 turboprop aircraft. Metroflight also operated de Havilland Canada DHC-6...
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it flew to 64 airports, including two in Canada. Turbine flights with Convair 580 turboprops began in April 1967. The airline then initiated jet service...
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Aircraft in service with Great Lakes during the 1970s, being Convair 440 propliners and Convair 580 turboprops, were older and subject to vibrations during...
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London and Sarnia with all flights being operated at this time with Convair 580 turboprops configured with 55 passenger seats. By the fall of 1981, the...
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757-200, and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets. In addition, Republic operated Convair 580 turboprops previously flown by North Central. After the merger, losses...
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Aspen was also operating Convair 580 service between Los Angeles and Bakersfield (BFL). The airline even offered Convair 580 flights on the very short...
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killing 12 of 19 on board. March 5 – Lake Central Airlines Flight 527, a Convair 580, broke up in mid-air and crashed near Marseilles, Ohio due to propeller...
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bplaced.net. Retrieved April 12, 2023. Mackey International Convair 580: "N900WC, Convair 580, Mackey International Airlines" (photo). airhistory.net. AirHistory...
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The Convair XB-53 was a proposed jet-powered medium bomber aircraft, designed by Convair for the United States Army Air Forces. With a radical tailless...
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The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight....
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Nolinor Aviation bought two more full cargo Convair 580s in 2004. In 2006, the fourth passenger Convair 580 was purchased. In 2004, the Prud'Homme family...
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Omaha also flown with Convair 580 turboprops for a total of ten flights a day, two with 737s and eight with the Convairs. The Convair 580s were retired in...
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Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair CV-240 family)
Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 was a regularly scheduled Convair 580 flight on March 5, 1967 from Chicago, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan with stops...
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2012. L, Steve (7 March 2017). "3rd Level New Zealand: The News on the Convairs and Aero Commander..." 3rd Level New Zealand. Retrieved 30 January 2020...
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Tucson that only stopped in Farmington. By 1966 the Convair 340s had been upgraded to Convair 580 turboprop aircraft and all of the original Douglas DC-3...
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first officers flying the piston-powered Convairs. Next, they added a former North Central Airlines Convair 580 turboprop aircraft which they purchased...
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on operating zeppelin tours. A Canadian-based airline which operated Convair 580 turboprop and Fokker F28 Fellowship jet aircraft in the province of Ontario...
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Air Freight NZ Convair 580, ZK-KFU, was lost off radar near the Kapiti Coast. Fatalities: 2. 31 July 1989: Air Freight NZ Convair 580, ZK-FTB, descended...
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Sierra Pacific in the past included the Cessna 402 twin prop, Convair 440 propliner, Convair 580 turboprop, de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop...
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Lockheed WC-130 Convair 580 – National Research Council (Canada) converted to perform atmospheric...
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The Convair F-106 Delta Dart is an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was...
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Air Tahoma Flight 185 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair CV-240 family)
approach to landing just one mile (1.6 km) short of the runway. The Convair 580, which is a twin engine turboprop, was destroyed upon impact. The first...
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started its fixed-wing division, based on DeHaviland Twin Otter and Convair 580 aircraft. After the construction of the pipeline, Era saw an opportunity...
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as well as civilian airliners such as the Lockheed Electra and the Convair 580. The T56-A-1 delivered to Lockheed in May, 1953, produced only 3,000 shp...
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city's west side. From 1983 to 1985, the airline also operated a single Convair 580 twin-turboprop aircraft provided by Kimberly-Clark's corporate aviation...
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