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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.
On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 passenger aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, United States.Chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L & J Company of Addison, Texas, it was flying from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashing near its destination.
A restored Convair CV-240 in Western Air Lines livery, at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California. 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 a more modern design, the 240 series was able to make some inroads as a ...
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The Convair C-131 Samaritan is an American twin-engined military transport produced from 1954 to 1956 by Convair. It is the military version of the Convair CV-240 family of airliners. [2] This was one of the last radial engined aircraft in US service, along with the Grumman C-1 Trader.
The aircraft was a Convair CV-240-1 radial engine aircraft, serial number 37, registered as tail number N8407H. It had been manufactured in 1948 and at the time of the crash it had been operated for 12,145 hours. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp 18-cylinder engines. [2]
Convair 600 1964. Central Airlines operated the following: Beechcraft Bonanza (model A35) Convair 240; Convair 600 (Convair 240 converted to Rolls-Royce Dart turboprop engines) Douglas DC-3; The airline announced it was planning to operate Douglas DC-9-10 jets, but none were delivered before the merger with Frontier.
The aircraft was a Convair CV-240-0 piston aircraft, serial number 104, registered as tail number N94247. The construction of the aircraft had been completed on October 7, 1948. Named "Flagship Mount Vernon", [7] it had flown for a total of 18,062 hours.