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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-240-23
    Construction Number:240-176
    Last Civil Registration:N7761 {2}
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-240-23 cn 240-176 cr N77...
    Latest Owner or Location:Daytona Beach Regional Airport, Daytona Beach, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    1950

    Constructed as a CV-240-19.

    Converted to a CV-240-23.

    21 September 1950

    To Garuda Indonesian Airways with new c/r PK-GCG.
    Operated with markings: Srigunting

    15 December 1960

    To John W. Mecom with new c/r YE-ABB.

    January 1962

    To John W. Mecom with new c/r N7761 {2}.

    1972

    To Houston Aeros keeping c/r N7761 {2}.

    19 February 1973


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1973 photo at Winnipeg - This 1950 built Convair 240 is on charter to the Houston Aeros hockey team when it was a World Hockey Association franchise

    12 December 1977

    To Confederate Air Force keeping c/r N7761 {2}.

    24 July 1979

    To Rayjac Corporation keeping c/r N7761 {2}.

    30 October 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N7761 {2} (240-23, 176) issued.

    13 March 1986

    To Bat Air keeping c/r N7761 {2}.

    18 September 1987

    To Trans-Florida Airlines keeping c/r N7761 {2}.

    28 March 1994

    To Bahama Air Ferries Inc, Daytona Beach, FL keeping c/r N7761 {2}.

    Circa 1995

    Based at Daytona Beach Regional Airport, Daytona Beach, FL.
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    3 July 2013

    Civil registration, N7761 {2}, cancelled.

    In derelict condition.
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    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Norseman History by Don Magnusson amp; Roy Dishlevoy
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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