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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-580
    Construction Number:340-060
    Last Civil Registration:YV-966C
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-580 cn 340-060 cr YV-966...
    Latest Owner or Location:El Paso International Airport, El Paso, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a CV-340-38.

    25 March 1953

    To Delta Airlines with new c/r N4805C {1} (340, 60).

    Converted to a CV-440.

    1 September 1960

    To North Central Airlines keeping c/r N4805C {1}.

    August 1967

    Converted to a CV-580.

    September 1977


    Photographer: George Mihalek
    Notes: At Cleveland, Ohio

    July 1979

    To Republic Airlines keeping c/r N4805C {1}.


    Photographer: Paul Lammens

    22 December 1986

    To Northwest Airlines Inc, Saint Paul, MI keeping c/r N4805C {1}.

    24 October 1994

    To Los Pequenos Airlines Inc, Albuquerque, NM keeping c/r N4805C {1}.

    27 January 1997

    Civil registration, N4805C {1}, cancelled.
    Exported to Venezuela.

    27 January 1997

    Civil registration YV-966C reserved but not taken up.
    Was intended for Air Venezuela. - but stored at El Paso, TX.

    To El Paso International Airport, El Paso, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    In derelict condition.

    April 2018

    Scrapped.
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