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

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...

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

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 country. However, 1954 was in many ways a turning point. Convair CV-340 and Convair CV-440 Metropolitan aircraft were purchased for short-haul and...

to other cities including Bratislava, Budapest and Brno. In 1955, a Convair CV-340 crashed on approach to the airport, killing 7 of the 29 passengers and...

operated wearing the Star Alliance livery.[citation needed] Convair CV-340 Convair CV-440 9 1955 1968 1 1966 Crashed as flight LH005 Curtiss C-46 9...

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...

original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2011. "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-340-35 N90853 Midland, TX". Aviation-safety.net. Archived from the original...

1982, initially interlinking La Paz, Tijuana and Hermosillo using one Convair 340. In 1989, international scheduled jet flights commenced, with Los Angeles...

National–Pan Am–Panagra DC-7B via Panama and Lima took 22 hours and 45 minutes. Convair 240s replaced DC-3s and other pre-war types on Pan Am's shorter flights...

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...

Net News Ranter, Harro (28 November 1963). "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-340 or CV-440 registration unknown Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS)". aviation-safety...

policy) due to its STOL capabilities. Several were lost due to accidents. Convair CV-340 Un­known 1950s 1960s Un­known Douglas DC-3 14 1946 1978 Un­known Douglas...

during the approach, killing 22 of 43 on board. The aircraft was a Convair CV-340-22, registration N3422. March 25, 1958 – Braniff Flight 971 crashed...

become operational. Nevertheless, in 1953, Luftag placed orders for four Convair CV-340 and four Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellations aircraft and set up a...

747-100". rzjets. Retrieved August 14, 2019. "Convair 340". rzjets. Retrieved August 14, 2019. "Convair CV-440". rzjets. Retrieved August 14, 2019. "Curtiss...

the COVID-19 pandemic. Leased from four United Airlines Convair CV-240 1 1968 1969 Convair CV-340 1 1968 1974 Curtiss C-46 Commando 3 1956 1960 Douglas...

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...

introduced in 1952 in the form of the Convair 340. Further Convair 440s were added in 1959 to 1960, most of the Convairs being converted to turbine propeller...

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...

the cockpit of the Convair 340 was exclusive to this model. Due to this detail, several airlines converted their CV 340 cockpits to CV 440 (as shown in...

"Aircraft Accident Report North Central Airlines, Inc., Allison Convair 340/440 (CV-580), N90858, and Air Wisconsin, Inc., DHC-6, N4043B, Near Appleton...

aircraft, only three survived. 24 June 1960: a Real Transportes Aéreos Convair CV-340 registration PP-YRB flying from Belo Horizonte-Pampulha to Rio de Janeiro–Santos...

exception of the San José-San Andres Island route which was being flown with a Convair 440 propliner. The airline was operating to such international destinations...

737-400SF Boeing 737-800 Boeing 757-200 Cessna aircraft Convair CV-340 Convair CV-440 Convair CV-580 de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou Douglas DC-3 McDonnell...

lost pilots.[citation needed] On 30 June 1982, an Alitalia Boeing 747 with 340 passengers was hijacked by a Sri Lankan man, Sepala Ekanayake. He demanded...

4   Waterbombers Cessna 185 Skywagon 1 185E Cessna 310 1 310Q Convair CV-340 1 CV-340 Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando 2 C-46D, C-46F Cargo de Havilland...

Network. 14 August 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2013. "ASN Accident Description (Convair-990)". Aviation Safety Network. 3 December 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2013...

all 10 occupants were killed. On March 20, 1968, a Delta Air Lines Convair CV-340 made a single-engine landing at Evansville in rain and low ceiling conditions...