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North Central Airlines was a local service carrier, ... including two in Canada. Turbine flights with Convair 580 turboprops began in April 1967. [7]
The aircraft involved was a Convair CV-580 (registration N2045), c/n 369, which Convair had completed as a CV-440 Metropolitan on October 8, 1956. It was converted to a standard CV-580 in July 1968. As a CV-580, it entered service with North Central Airlines on August 9, 1968. [2]: Appendix C The crash destroyed the aircraft. [2]: 6
The aircraft operating the flight, a Convair CV-580, departed Green Bay at around 10:30 a.m. CDT, proceeding to Oshkosh under visual flight rules (VFR). At 10:36:11 a.m. CDT, the air traffic controller at Oshkosh cleared Flight 290 to land. The flight crew's acknowledgment five seconds later was the last communication with North Central Flight 290.
December 27, 1968: North Central Airlines Flight 458, a CV-580, crashed into a hangar at O'Hare International Airport killing 27 of the 45 people on board and killing one and injuring six people on the ground. [74] [75] January 6, 1969: Allegheny Airlines Flight 737, a CV-580, crashed near Bradford, Pennsylvania, killing 11 of the 27 people on ...
In addition, Republic operated Convair 580 turboprops previously flown by North Central. [8] After the merger, losses mounted [9] and service reductions followed. [10] Saddled with debt from two acquisitions and new aircraft, the airline struggled in the early 1980s, [11] [12] [13] and even introduced a human mascot version of Herman the Duck.
The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3.Featuring a more modern design with cabin pressurization, the 240 series made some inroads as a commercial airliner, and had a long development cycle that produced various civil and military variants.
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In 1965 North Central was serving Huron with Convair 440s and in 1967 with Convair 580s. [14] By 1972 all North Central flights from Huron were operated with Convair 580 turboprops. [15] In 1979, North Central merged with Southern Airways to form Republic Airlines (1979-1986) which continued to serve Huron with Convair 580s until the end of ...