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    The Convair 880 is a retired American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the...
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    2023. The company also entered the jet airliner business with its Convair 880 and Convair 990 designs. These were smaller than contemporary aircraft like...
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    company General Dynamics. It was a stretched version of its earlier Convair 880 produced in response to a request from American Airlines: the 990 was...
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    the Convair 880 airliner, and the CJ805-23 (military designation TF35) a turbofan derivative which powered the Convair 990 Coronado variant of the 880. Turbojet...
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    The Convair YB-60 was a prototype heavy bomber built by Convair for the United States Air Force in the early 1950s. It was a purely jet-powered development...
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    Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair 880)
    flight from Singapore to Hong Kong operated by Cathay Pacific using a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed in Pleiku, then in South Vietnam on the afternoon...
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    November 1975, her father named one of his private aircraft, a converted Convair 880 jet, after her. He spent more than $1 million refurbishing it to use...
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  • the Convair 880.[citation needed] In 1967, it became an all jet airline with the replacement of its last Lockheed L-188 Electra with a Convair 880. In...
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    1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair 880)
    Claude F. Fletcher (29), as well as four flight attendants. Operating Convair CV-880 N8807E, it departed Tampa at 3:41 p.m. EST on December 20, 1972, and...
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    first jetliner type operated by the airline was the Convair 880. Alaska also operated the Convair 990 jetliner. Besides the current Boeing 737 models...
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    On 3 November 1980, a Latin Carga Convair 880 crashed in Caracas, Venezuela. Latin Carga was a Venezuelan cargo airline. Most of the airline's aircraft...
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  • Douglas DC-6Bs to the company, as well as an order for a Convair 880-22M. Viasa boosted their Convair 880 order by purchasing another one. The airline flew the...
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  • thunderstorm in the area. May 23, 1960: Delta Air Lines Flight 1903, a Convair 880, from Atlanta Airport, crashed during a training exercise in Atlanta...
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    designated the CJ805, powered the Convair 880, while an aft-turbofan derivative, the CJ805-23, powered the Convair 990 airliners and a single Sud Aviation...
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  • A Convair 880 at Los Angeles International Airport in 1964...
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  • repair and was written off. On 27 February 1965, Kaede, a Japan Air Lines Convair 880 was performing a low pass training near Iki Airport when, at 150 ft (46 m)...
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    TWA Flight 128 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Convair 880)
    people aboard the Convair 880 were killed in the tragic crash.: 1  On November 20, 1967, TWA Flight 128 was operated using a Convair 880 narrow-body jet...
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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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  • competition, Willis negotiated with aircraft manufacturer Convair to purchase a Convair 880 jetliner with no money down, for use on routes between Alaska...
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    they were driven to the Memphis airport and boarded Presley's private Convair 880 jet, the Lisa Marie, and flew the two hours to Denver. When they arrived...
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  • Boeing B-17G Fortress Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas DC-4 Douglas DC-6 Convair 880 Boeing 727 Kai Tak Airport Naha Airport, Haneda Airport, Itami Airport...
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    1950s and 1960s, Delta was the first airline to fly the Douglas DC-8, Convair 880, and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft. By 1970, it had an all-jet fleet...
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  • killing all 34 on board. November 3 – In the Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash, a Convair CV-880 crashes shortly after taking off from Caracas Airport, Venezuela...
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    Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Convair 880 Douglas DC-8 de Havilland Comet Notes The contention that the maneuver...
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    500 per square inch (390/cm2) spacing. The suction was provided by a Convair 880 air-conditioning turbocompressor where the 20mm cannon's ammunition had...
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  • 24 March 1999. p. 46. https://www.airliners.net, photo of Air Malta Convair 880 aircraft "Air Malta MD-90". Bombing description at the Aviation Safety...
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  • Siddeley HS121 Trident UK 3 1962 1964 1978 117 1995 Convair 880 United States 4 1959 1960 1962 65 2000 Convair 990 Coronado United States 4 1961 1962 1963 37...
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    around 1958, and in the interim, negotiated new contracts for 707 and Convair 880 aircraft and engines totaling $400 million. The financing of TWA's jet...
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    Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era de Havilland Comet Convair 880 Convair 990 Coronado Douglas DC-8 Ilyushin Il-62 Shanghai Y-10 Vickers VC10...
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  • 2019 1 The prototype, B-HNL, was donated to Pima Air and Space Museum Convair 880 7 1962 1975 First jet aircraft type operated by the airline. 1 1972 Crashed...
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