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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-240-15
    Construction Number:240-029
    Last Civil Registration:N12905
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-240-15 cn 240-029 cr N12...
    Latest Owner or Location:Daytona Beach Regional Airport, Daytona Beach, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a CV-240-15.

    1956

    To Consolidated Aircraft Corporation with new c/r NC24927.

    16 July 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N12905 (240, 29) issued.

    23 July 1956

    To Hughes Tool Company with new c/r N24927.

    1965

    To Summa Corporation keeping c/r N24927.

    30 October 1973

    To Antelope Valley Aero Museum keeping c/r N24927.

    September 1977


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Original model CV-240 N24927 at Lancaster, California in September 1977 stored for a proposed Antelope Valley Air Museum.It and the executive Douglas A-20 behind were both Howard Hughes aircraft, parked in the open at Culver City for two decades

    15 June 1979

    To Robert D. Willman keeping c/r N24927.

    28 June 1982

    To Trans Florida Airlines keeping c/r N24927.

    August 1990

    To Trans Florida Airlines with new c/r N12903.

    November 1990

    To Trans Florida Airlines with new c/r N12905.

    1 March 1994

    Leased to Bahama Air Ferries Inc, Daytona Beach, FL.

    28 March 1994

    To Bahama Air Ferries Inc, Daytona Beach, FL keeping c/r N12905.

    Based at Daytona Beach Regional Airport, Daytona Beach, FL.
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    In derelict condition.

    18 June 2013

    Civil registration, N12905, cancelled.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N12905 (240, 29) issued.
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    Mike Henniger
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