240

The date listed feels very strange considering published data.
As I mentioned on the previous picture (same one?) the aircraft, modified as a Cv 600 was delivered back to Trans Texas on 11 June 1966.
TT had bought it as a Cv 240 25 Aug 1964 and here it is flying six days later already modified as a Cv 600.
I can't see why Convair should have kept the aircraft for almost two years before returning it to TT.
Really odd indeed.....
Stig

CV-240, s/n 17. To Western 16 June 1948 as N8404H. To North Japan Airlines April 1961 as JA5087. To Japan Domestic Airlines 15 April 1964. Leased to Southwest Airlines 1966. To Air Service Inc 29 November 1968 as N8404H. To Coastal Aviation Inc 4 October 1969. To Time Aviation Services Inc 21 January 1974. WFU and scrapped at Hondo, TX 1988.

The two 240s bought by Ethiopian Airlines were fitted with JATO take off equipment due to its often very hot and high areas.
This is possibly the first aircraft c/n 168 ET-T-20 but since the other aircraft was c/n 170 and both were still with Convair on 7 Dec 1950 it is tricky to say....
Stig

Stig Jarlevik Thanks for the great historical notes!