The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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Pan Am (redirect from New Air Group, SA de CV)
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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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747-100". rzjets. Retrieved August 14, 2019. "Convair 340". rzjets. Retrieved August 14, 2019. "Convair CV-440". rzjets. Retrieved August 14, 2019. "Curtiss...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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"Aircraft Accident Report North Central Airlines, Inc., Allison Convair 340/440 (CV-580), N90858, and Air Wisconsin, Inc., DHC-6, N4043B, Near Appleton...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Network. 14 August 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2013. "ASN Accident Description (Convair-990)". Aviation Safety Network. 3 December 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2013...
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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...
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