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DHC-7-102 (Dash 7), c/n 36, initially delivered 23 Dec 1980 to Golden West Airlines as N702GW. WFU and parked at Las Vegas, NV April 1983 when Golden West filed for bankruptcy. Returned to de Havilland Canada January 1984. Registered C-GJPI. Damaged 20 Dec 1990 due to inadvertent gear retraction. Repaired. Went on to fly with Voyageur Airways and Brymon Airways. Also flew with Fugro Aviation Canada Ltd. and CGG Aviation (Canada) Ltd. WFU and parked at North Bay, Ontario, CN. Dismantled for parts/scrap.

Convair Model CV-48 "Charger," designed for the COIN competition which North American Rockwell's OV-10 "Bronco" eventually won.

The last complete aircraft to be built by Convair was the Model 48 Charger. The Navy had issued a requirement for a new counter-insurgency aircraft. Convair proceeded with the manufacturing of a prototype. By the time it rolled out of the factory on September 29, 1964, the navy had decided on another design. However, the Army and the Marines preferred the Charger, so a flight test contract was awarded. Before a scheduled “fly off” could take place, the Model 48 was destroyed during a test flight by a navy pilot; another example was not built. oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8tx3jrw/entire_text/