convair340

CV-340-32, s/n 6. To Braniff 26 July 1952 as N3406. To Caribbean Atlantic Airlines 30 April 1964. Converted to CV-640 1966. Scrapped 1976.

From where do you have that this one was converted to a 640 Gary? It is not on the masterlist produced by General Dynamics in 1977. By the way the date 3 Oct 1969 must be way off. Did Braniff make a return visit in 1959 perhaps? Stig

Stig Jarlevik Another strange date stamped by Convair

Yes it seems like a filing date or something similar. It is the same date as the other one I made a comment about Stig

This photo caption is incorrect. This is actually a Convair 340 (CV-340), United Air Lines' first CV-340 delivered and the second CV-340 off of the production line, N73102 (c/n 2). Interestingly, this aircraft still flies today, converted (by Pacific Airmotive) into a turboprop powered Convair 580 (CV-580), wearing the registration N580HW as an avionics testbed for Honeywell Aviation Services. Here's a photo of the airplane in its current guise: As stated, this aircraft was delivered to United Air Lines (UAL) as N73102, on September 2, 1952. Frontier Airlines would then be the next operator of the aircraft (same registration) in August 1966. After Frontier, the airplane would be purchased by Gem State Airlines and re-registered as N116GS in May 1979. Gem State as then renamed Golden Gate Airlines in 1980. In February 1984, Aspen Airways would buy the aircraft and re-register it as N113AP. Then in March 1991, Aspen Airways sold the aircraft to Renown Aviation, Renown then soon selling it to Allied Signal in January 1992. Allied Signal registered the aircraft as N580AS and equipped it as a flying testbed. Allied Signal and Honeywell merged in 1999, the aircraft now wears Honeywell titles and is registered as N580HW.

The same aircraft captured in a photo posted by the Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands on the Flickr Commons: