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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-640
    Construction Number:340-010
    Last Civil Registration:N860FW
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-640 cn 340-010 cr N860FW...
    Latest Owner or Location:Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a CV-340-33.

    1952

    To Arabian American Oil Corporation with new c/r N727A.

    21 April 1966

    To General Dynamics Corporation with new c/r N7263.

    Converted to a CV-440.

    June 1966

    Converted to a CV-640.

    To General Dynamics keeping c/r N7263.

    1 April 1967

    To Pacific Western Airlines with new c/r CF-PWU.

    May 1976

    To Worldways Airlines with new c/r C-FPWU.

    November 1982

    To Wright Airlines with new c/r N2569D.

    25 November 1988

    To Viking International Airlines Inc, Minneapolis, MN with new c/r N860FW (640-340D, 10).

    October 1991


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 1991 photo of Convair CV-640F of Viking International Air Freight

    1994

    To Kittyhawk Air Cargo keeping c/r N860FW.

    24 March 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r N860FW.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Columbus, IN.

    16 May 2010


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: At the Vintage Flying Museum - Fort Worth - Meacham FieldConvair 640 N860FW in the marks of Kitty Hawk Airlines

    9 April 2013

    Civil registration, N860FW, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Columbus, IN.

    To Meacham Field, Fort Worth, TX.
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