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Год : 1946
Пассажирский самолет средней дальности с 2-3 членами экипажа
Варианты
- Convair - CV-240 Convair-Liner / C-131 / C-340 / C-440 - 1946 - США
- Convair - CV-540/CV-580/CV-600/CV-640 - 1955 - США
Convair CV-240 Convair-Liner, CV-340 и CV-440 (C-131 Samaritan, R4Y и T-29)
Самолетостроители с конца Второй мировой войны и вплоть до 1980-х годов были озабочены созданием эффективной замены DC-3. Компании "Consolidated", "Vultee" и "Convair" надеялись добиться успеха на рынке транспортных самолетов, и в 1954 году они объединились в филиал "Convair Division" корпорации "General Dynamics". Этот филиал в дальнейшем обеспечивал непрерывную поддержку серии авиалайнеров "Convair" с поршневыми двигателями и их модификациям.
В 1945 году авиакомпания "American Airlines" выпустила спецификацию на авиалайнер для замены DC-3. В процессе работы по ней появился неудачный Model 110, прототип 30-местного пассажирского самолета, взлетевший 8 июля 1946 года. Но еще до этой даты "American Airlines" решила, что необходимыми свойствами нового авиалайнера являются повышенная вместимость и герметичный салон. Указанные требования послужили основой создания Model 240, позже известного как Convair-Liner. Прототип как таковой не строился, все машины производились по стандарту серийного самолета, а первый из них поднялся в воздух 16 марта 1947 года. Хотя на нем сохранилась та же силовая установка из двух звездообразных двигателей R-2800-S1C3G мощностью 2100 л. с. (1566 кВт) и конфигурация как у Model 110, новый самолет имел удлиненный фюзеляж для 40 пассажиров. Model 240, известный как CV-240, поступил в эксплуатацию "American Airlines" 1 июня 1948 года. Из 566 машин 176 приобрели гражданские эксплуатанты, а остальные 390 - военные.
Для удовлетворения потребности в самолете для подготовки штурманов и операторов РЛС ВВС США заказали два прототипа XAT-29 на основе Model 240. Первый XAT-29 совершил полет 22 сентября 1949 года и после одобрения ВВС был подписан контракт на 46T-29A. Самолет предназначался для курсантов-штурманов и в верхней части оборудовался четырьмя астрокуполами. T-29B имел герметизированный салон, где могли одновременно обучаться 10 штурманов и четыре оператора РЛС. T-29C был аналогичен T-29B, за исключением более мощных двигателей. T-29D представлял собой усовершенствованный учебный самолет для обучения штурманов и бомбардиров работе с бомбовым прицелом типа "К" с кинофотоаппаратурой регистрации.
Разработка улучшенного гражданского варианта Model 340 (или CV-340) началась в 1951 году. Он отличался от CV-240 двумя двигателями R-2800-CB16 или -CB17 мощностью по 2500 л. с. (1864 кВт), крылом большей площади, чтобы обеспечить большую эксплуатационную массу, и дальнейшим увеличением длины фюзеляжа в расчете на 44 пассажира. Первый такой самолет полетел 5 октября 1951 года. Поставки в "United Air Lines" начались 28 марта 1952-го. Общий выпуск CV-340 для гражданских и военных нужд составил 311 машин.
Дальнейшее совершенствование базовой конструкции привело к созданию в целом аналогичного Model 440 (CV-440). При плотной компоновке самолет вмещал до 52 пассажиров.
Первый CV-440 изготовили путем переоборудования CV-340, он поднялся в воздух 6 октября 1955 года. Для гражданского рынка было произведено 155 единиц CV-440.
Первым транспортным вариантом для ВВС стал C-131A Samaritan, предназначенный для эвакуации раненых. Он основывался на CV-240, но оборудовался большими дверями для погрузки носилок и был рассчитан на 27 лежачих или 37 сидячих раненых.
После 26 поставленных C-131A в 1955-1957 годах выпустили 36 C-131B (транспортных самолетов и летающих лабораторий для испытаний электронной аппаратуры), 33 транспортных C-131D/VC-131D, из которых 27 и 6 построили по стандартам CV-340 и CV-440 соответственно, а также 15 учебных C-131E ЕСМ. Обозначение RC-131F относилось к переоборудованным для аэрофотосъемки C-131E, а один похожий RC-131G предназначался для калибровки навигационного оборудования. На двух самолетах установили турбовинтовые двигатели, чтобы проверить характеристики управляемости с силовой установкой подобного типа. Четыре аналогично модифицированных C-131D использовались как VIP-транспорт под обозначением VC-131H.
ВМС США получили 36 единиц транспортных R4Y-1 (C-131F) для перевозки личного состава и эвакуации, один VIP-транспорт R4Y-1Z (VC-131F) и два R4Y-2 (C-131G), транспортный вариант CV-440. Канадские ВВС приобрели восемь самолетов, идентичных VC-131H ВВС США, и обозначили их CC-109 Metropolitan. Снятые с авиалиний CV-440 позже летали в составе ВВС Боливии, Италии, Испании и ФРГ.
ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ
Convair CV-440
Тип: пассажирский самолет средней дальности с 2-3 членами экипажа
Силовая установка: два звездообразных поршневых двигателя Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB16 или -CB17 Double Wasp мощностью по 2500 л. с. (1864 кВт)
Летные характеристики: максимальная скорость 542 км/ч на оптимальной высоте; крейсерская скорость 481 км/ч на 3960 м; начальная скороподъемность 384 м/мин; практический потолок 7590 м; дальность полета 756 км с максимальной нагрузкой
Масса: пустого самолета 15111 кг; максимальная взлетная 22 226 кг
Размеры: размах крыла 32,11 м; длина 24,13 м или с метеорологической РЛС 24,84 м; высота 8,59 м; площадь крыла 85,47 м2
Полезная нагрузка: до 52 пассажиров
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Фотографии
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Air Enthusiast 1973-03 / ??? - Martinair Holland: "A sheep with five legs" /Airline in outline/
Регистрационный номер: PH-CGD The two Convairliners acquired by Martinair - one 340 and one 440 - were both later converted to have Dart turboprops as Convair 600s.
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Air Enthusiast 2003-03 / Round-Out
Регистрационный номер: RP-C7 Gleaming Convair 240 RP-C7 at Baguio in May 1978.
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Aviation Historian 37 / M.Wickstead - Bringing Africa together (1)
One of Ethiopian Air Lines’s three twin-engined Convair 240s being loaded at Dire Dawa with khat, a herbal stimulant popular in north-east Africa, before a flight to Djibouti circa 1960. The first two EAL Convairs were acquired direct from the manufacturer in December 1950; the other came from Sabena in 1956.
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Aviation Historian 18 / D.Stringer - Ted Baker & National Airlines
Регистрационный номер: N8413H By the end of the 1950s National’s domestic route network extended as far north as Boston, where Convair 340 N8413H (c/n 115) is seen here awaiting its next flight. The CV-340 entered National service in 1953 as part of the company’s ongoing modernisation programme, and most had been withdrawn from service and sold by the beginning of the 1960s.
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Aviation Historian 4 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (2)
Lake Central Airlines DC-3 N14967, with a company Convair 340 in the background, in December 1963. Lake Central struggled through the 1950s, but was rewarded with a huge route expansion in 1961, after which it acquired Convairliners.
Другие самолёты на фотографии: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - США - 1935
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Aviation Historian 7
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Aviation Historian 7
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Aviation Historian 23 / B.Turpin - 748 into Africa
Регистрационный номер: TJ-AAD, N44829, OO-VGJ, XA-TFZ Another item of interest photographed along the way was the Cameroonian Presidential Convair 440 TJ-AAD (c/n 440-439), which still retained its Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp piston engines. It was acquired by the Cameroonian government in September 1963 and later saw service with Belgian airline Delta Air Transport as OO-VGJ from 1974 and American Airlines Inter-Island as N44829. It remains on the "active" list in 2018 as XA-TFZ with Mexican airline Aero Cedros.
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Aeroplane Monthly 2001-02 / News
Регистрационный номер: XA-SQG Convair 440 XA-SQG (oddly marked 340 on the nose) arrives at Brown Field, San Diego, from its base at Ensenada on September 11, 2000.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / P.Howard, B.Hickox - Mercy Angels of Angkor /Airliners and air services/ (2)
Регистрационный номер: N999TZ Former TRI-9 CV-440 N999TZ 'Tina' in a congested storage area wearing full Air Cambodge trim.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / P.Howard, B.Hickox - Mercy Angels of Angkor /Airliners and air services/ (2)
Регистрационный номер: N102KA View of the Thai Am ramp at Bangkok post fall, revealing a couple of escapees, left former CAS CV-440 N102KA, centre former Air Cambodge DC-7B N774R, and right, one who never made it, the Croix Rouge Internationale Carvair LN-NAA which ended its days at the airfield.
Другие самолёты на фотографии: Aviation Traders ATL.98 Carvair - Великобритания - 1961Douglas DC-7 - США - 1953
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
Регистрационный номер: 12+02 Convair 440 12+02 of the Luftwaffe FBS, based at Koln/Wahn, June 1970.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News
NOWHERE in Europe can you fly in a classic Convair propliner - but you can have an excellent dinner in a Convair CV-440, near Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport. The Ristorante Convair is ex-presidential transport MM61833, which entered Italian Air Force service in 1957 and was used by two leaders of the Italian Republic, President Segni and President Saragat, on many international missions. Known as II Presidenziale, it served with the 31 Stormo as 31-1 until retirement in 1978.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
C-131A 52-5804 of the 322nd TAW used for aeromedical evacuation from Rhein Main, West Germany, at Lakenheath in September 1972.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
US Coast Guard HC-131A 5782 based at Miami, and visiting Key West in September 1978.
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Aviation Historian 2 / P.Davidson - Off the Beaten Track...
Регистрационный номер: CP-2026 Another Reyes Convair aircraft was C-131B CP-2026, photographed in apparently airworthy condition at La Paz in late 2012. This machine was formerly 53-7797 with the Arizona National Guard.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
Stylised Texas flag on C-131B 53-7811 of the 111th FIS/Texas ANG based at Ellington AFB, visiting Tyndall, October 1980.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
JC-131B 53-7797 of Air Force Special Weapons Command Center, based at Kirtland AFB, to support nuclear weapons testing.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
Immaculate C-131D 54-2809 flown by the 101st FIS, Massachusetts ANG, from Otis ANG at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, June 1982.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
North Dakota ANG C-131D 54-2819 of the 178th US stationed at Fargo, visiting Norton AFB. The unit's motif ‘Happy Hooligans' is displayed on the tail. Note the extended nose housing a conventional radar, a retrofit.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
C-131F 141009 of NAF Mildenhall landing at home base in the late 1970s.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
US Naval Facility Mildenhall VC-131F 141021 at Heathrow Airport in March 1968. Note the 30 flags on the nose - countries visited since being based in the UK from January 1959.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
VC-131G 145962 of NAS Sigonella was stationed at the Sicilian base from October 1981 until June 1986 when it was retired.
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Мировая Авиация 93
R4Y-1, построенный на основе CV-440, являлся базовым транспортным самолетом ВМС США в серии двухмоторных машин "Convair". В составе ВМС также летало небольшое количество T-29B, полученных от ВВС.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
VIP-configured VC-131H 55-0299 of the 1st Composite Wing based at Andrews AFB, at Pope AFB, October 1973.
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Air International 2011-06 / News
Регистрационный номер: N131CR Noted at McClellan Field in Sacramento, California, on May 9, 2011 was Convair C-131B Samaritan N131CR (ex 53-7819) of Airborne Resources of Midlothian, Texas. In addition to its long nose and fuselage top antennas, the aircraft wears a Lockheed Martin 'Skunk Works' motif on the tail. It previously had the words 'Airborne Imaging' on the forward fuselage (the operating arm of Airborne Resources), although the word 'Imaging' has since been painted out. The aircraft had been at McClellan for around a month prior to being photographed, reportedly undertaking aerial survey work. It has been deployed overseas several times, including to Honduras in early 2007.
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Изд-во Schiffer / S.Markman & B.Holder - One-of-a-kind research aircraft
Expandable tire program. C-131 landing with expandable/deflatable tires.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
One of a small number repainted in Vietnam-style camouflage: CT-29A 49-1912 of the 118th TPS, Connecticut ANG, at Bradley Field, visiting Pope AFB in October 1973.
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Air International 2002-07 / Talkback
Регистрационный номер: N150PA, N38SA Two of Air Tahoma’s small fleet of Convairs are currently operating out of Pittsburgh International Airport on overnight freight flights, including T-29B N150PA (c/n 278, ex N38SA) seen here on April 3, 2002. The aircraft still wears its old American Eagle colours from its days at San Juan, Puerto Rico. The other aircraft currently in use at Pittsburgh is Convair 580 N584E (c/n 24, ex C-FAUF).
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Aviation Historian 2 / P.Davidson - Off the Beaten Track...
Convair T-29B c/n 329 in its current location in a busy town square in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on October 18, 2012. Local enthusiasts see the city as a future home for a Bolivian air museum; perhaps this Convair has booked its place in a Metropolitan Museum. Ouch!
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Air-Britain Archive 1990-03 / N9999F: Americans overseas (2)
Регистрационный номер: N9846F Former Alitalia Convair 240 N9846F wearing Air Jordan titles beneath an impressive cloud effect at Oakland in 1958.
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Air Pictorial 1961-10 / Photo Review
Регистрационный номер: HL-25 Well-known type in unusual markings is this Convair 240 piston-engined transport of Air Korea (HL-25) is in service on the Seoul-Tokyo run.
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Aviation Historian 24 / N.Stroud - Vikings in Africa /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номер: ET-T-20 [3] Looking decidedly cutting-edge among the predominantly pre-war-vintage propliners then operating in East Africa, Ethiopian Air Lines’ colourful Convair 240 ET-T-20, named Eagle of Ethiopia, awaits its next departure from Nairobi on what the airline dubbed “The Wonderland Route”, connecting the various parts of East Africa and the Middle East.
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Aviation Historian 37 / M.Wickstead - Bringing Africa together (1)
Регистрационный номер: ET-T-20 [3] Convair 240-19 ET-T-20 (c/n 168) was one of three examples of the type operated by EAL, and was the second to be delivered, on December 28, 1950; its stablemate, ET-T-21, was delivered on the 8th of the same month. The Convairs were given names by EAL, ET-T-20 becoming Eagle of Ethiopia and ET-T-21 Eagle Haile Selassie I. The third Convair, ET-T-22, which arrived in July 1956, was named The Spiritual Power.
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Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номер: ET-T-20 [3] Convair 240 ET-T-20 raises the dust using the extra braking power of reverse pitch.
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Мировая Авиация 188
Регистрационный номер: ET-T-21 Convair-Liner из "Ethiopian Airlines" оснащались ускорителями JATO, помогавшими взлетать в условиях жары и высокогорья. На фотографии - Convair-Liner стартует из аэропорта Аддис-Абебы, расположенного на высоте 2347 м над уровнем моря.
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Air-Britain Archive 1986-03 / 7 - Ethiopia (ET-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номер: OO-AWV, ET-T-22 Convair OO-AWV prior to its delivery flight from Brussels to become ET-T-22.
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Aviation Historian 27 / M.Wickstead - Rogues' Gallery
Регистрационный номер: N17417 Bahamian inter-island operator Flamingo Airlines was established in March 1971 and used a mixed fleet of aircraft, including Convair 240 N17417 (c/n 108), seen here at Miami in February 1973, shortly before the airline was merged with Out Island Airways to become Bahamasair, although this aircraft did not join the Bahamasair fleet.
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Air-Britain Archive 1990-03 / N9999F: Americans overseas (2)
Регистрационный номер: N9853F, G-AOFC The well-known Convair 240 N9853F "Kuwait Emirates Special" seen at Beirut on 20.9.56. It became G-AOFC after the issue of a UK C of A in May 1957, still in Kuwait Government ownership.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1954 / All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номер: I-LAKE The Convair-Liner 240 Airliner (two 2,400 h.p. Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CA18 engines).
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Aviation Historian 4 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (2)
Регистрационный номер: N1014C Mohawk Airlines bested its local service compatriots in the equipment race by being the first of the LSCs to introduce pressurised aircraft in the form of Convair 240s. Here N1014C, acquired from Swissair in 1956, is prepared for another flight.
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Air Pictorial 1988-02 / N.Mercer - USAir - Stretching across the Continent
Регистрационный номер: N6632C Taken over by Allegheny in 1972, Mohawk Airlines of Utica-Rome, New York, had started its schedules with DC-3s and then purchased Convair CV-240s (N6632C illus.) before buying a large fleet of BAC One-Elevens, which eventually went to Allegheny
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Air-Britain Archive 1995-01 / Casualty Compendium (56)
Регистрационный номер: N91239 Northeast Airlines Convair 240 N91239 which crashed at La Guardia 6.2.53 after the starboard propeller went into zero pitch 100 ft short of the runway.
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Air Enthusiast 1998-03 / N.Lees - Birds of Passage
Регистрационный номер: AP-AEH Orient Skyliner Convair 240-7 AP-AEH, entered service in June 1949. The airliner merged with Pakistan International in 1955. AP-AEH crashed on take-off at New Delhi on May 15, 1958.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1999-12 / J.Stroud - A million miles flown /A lifetime of flying/
Регистрационный номер: AP-AHS PIA’s Convair CV-240 Convair-Liner AP-AHS on the hardstand at Karachi Airport in January 1959.
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Aviation Historian 20 / N.Stroud - Heathrow. The Roaring Forties /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номер: VH-TAQ [2] Named John Forrest in honour of the Australian explorer, Convair 240 VH-TAQ (c/n 64) was the first of five to be delivered to Trans-Australia Airlines. Fitted with extra fuel tanks, it was flown by TAA’s chief pilot, John Chapman, on a route through Europe and the Middle East to Melbourne, where it arrived on September 7, 1948.
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Aviation Historian 20 / N.Stroud - Heathrow. The Roaring Forties /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номер: VH-TAQ [2] An imposing view of Trans-Australia Airlines Convair 240 VH-TAQ, which became the first of the type to visit Europe when it arrived at LAP on August 28, 1948, on its delivery flight from San Diego to its new owners in Australia.
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Convair-Liner одним из первых получил встроенные пассажирские трапы, плюс возможность установки нижней двери в хвостовой части (у CV-240 на фотографии).
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Air-Britain Archive 1987-01 / 6 - Uruguay (CX-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (17)
Регистрационный номер: CX-BHT Convair 240 CX-BHT-F awaiting delivery, presumably early in 1970, but without any titles. Can anyone identify the location - our guess would be Miami?
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Air Pictorial 1977-04 / G.Endres - Airlines of the World
ARCO's Convair 600 CX-BJL, with a CV-240 behind, at Laguna de Los Palos, Colonia.
Другие самолёты на фотографии: Convair CV-540/CV-580/CV-600/CV-640 - США - 1955
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Регистрационный номер: XT-606 Один из шести Model 240-14, закупленных китайской "Central Air Transport Corporation" незадолго до победы коммунистов на материковой части Китая. После прихода компартии к власти пять самолетов перелетели в Гонконг.
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Мировая Авиация 188
Регистрационный номер: N3401 Первый увеличенный CV-340, N3401, испытали в октябре 1951 года. На фотографии хорошо видны особенности Convair-Liner: узкое крыло большого удлинения и тщательно закапотированные моторы.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1954 / All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номер: N90852 The Convair-Liner 340 Airliner (two 2,400 h.p. Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB16 engines).
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Air Pictorial 1956-11 / R.Cross - Convair's 240-340-440 Series
The CV-340 model
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Другую новинку - дверь перед крылом (на CV-340 из "Braniff", фотография внизу) не раз копировали.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1976-05 / H.Seabrook-Smith - Lufthansa 1926-76 (2)
Регистрационный номер: D-ACAD Lufthansa Convair 340 D-ACAD at Heathrow on April 15, 1955, after its proving flight from Hamburg.
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Air Pictorial 1957-06
Регистрационный номер: HZ-ABA The colourful Convair 340. HZ-ABA (c /n. 222), of Saudi Arabian Airlines, has passed through Blackbushe en route to Tollerton for overhaul.
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Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номер: OH-LRC Convair 340 OH-LRC awaits its next flight at Bromma, Stockholm, shortly after the type’s introduction into Aero O/Y service in 1953. Note the CV-340’s "aspirated cooling" system, comprising a pair of “thrust-augmenter” tubes on the rear of each engine nacelle; this would be much modified on the improved CV-440 Metropolitan.
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Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номер: OH-LRA, OH-LRD [3] A typical line-up on the ramp during a busy day at Helsinki-Vantaa in 1956; nearest the camera is CV-440 OH-LRD, beyond which may be seen the fin of Finnair CV-340 OH-LRA (still in the airline’s older predominantly bare-metal scheme), with Scandinavian Airline System Douglas DC-4 LN-IAE at the far end. The introduction of the CV-440 heralded a smart new white, blue and bare-metal colour scheme for Finnair.
Другие самолёты на фотографии: Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - США - 1942
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Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номер: OH-LRD [3] Delivered in April 1956, CV-440 OH-LRD was followed into Finnair service by OH-LRE and ’LRF the following year, with ’LRG joining the fleet in April 1961. The airline’s CV-340s were upgraded to Metropolitan standard.
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Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/
Регистрационный номер: OH-LRD [3] The first Finnair CV-440 Metropolitan, OH-LRD, dubbed “Finnliner”, at Helsinki-Vantaa in April 1956. Although the company had begun trading as Finnair, the company’s original name, Aero O/Y, was still carried prominently on the fins of its aircraft.
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Air Pictorial 1956-11 / R.Cross - Convair's 240-340-440 Series
A development span of nearly nine years separates the current CV-440 Metropolitan (photo) and Convair's original experimental post-war air liner, the Model 110, from which the Convair-Liner series sprang. Only the shape of the wing and tail assembly of the CV-440 gives a clue to its parentage.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2
Convair 440 Metropolitan.
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Air Pictorial 1956-08
Регистрационный номер: LN-KLE First report of a Convair 440 Metropolitan in Europe comes from D. F. Gilpin, who took this photograph.
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Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (18)
Регистрационный номер: OO-TVG Convair 440 OO-TVG (2247) newly-painted in Delta colours. The letters VG in Delta registrations were derived from the name of managing director Van Gaever.
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Air-Britain Archive 1989-01 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (36)
Регистрационный номер: OO-UVG, OO-NVG Convair 440 OO-UVG of Delta Air Transport was first painted as OO-NVG for delivery. The reverse was also true!
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Air-Britain Archive 1984-02 / 1 - Belgium (OO-) /Complete Civil Registers/ (18)
Регистрационный номер: OO-PVG OO-PVG (2258) is seen awaiting conversion at Antwerp 21.8.72.
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Aviation Historian 3 / D.Stringer - Fly America! (1)
Регистрационный номер: N4407 Convair 440 Metropolitan N4407 of Mohawk Airlines at JFK Airport, New York, in 1965. Unusually for a local airline, Mohawk acquired its 440s factory-fresh from the manufacturer when it bought examples that had been built “on spec” for other airlines.
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Air Pictorial 1957-12 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номер: N440EL A Convair CV-440 Metropolitan is registered N440EL and is the second Napier-owned "Eland Convair" which is currently undergoing transformation to Eland N.El.6s.
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Air Pictorial 1977-07 / G.Endres - Airlines of the World
Регистрационный номер: HB-IMU The Convair 440, HB-IMU, used for charter work by the Swiss carrier Air-Sea Service; nose colours are orange and blue on white
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Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / P.Howard, B.Hickox - Mercy Angels of Angkor /Airliners and air services/ (2)
A daily occurrence at Pochentong as some fortunate passengers envelop an Air Cambodge Convair. The haste to board is very evident.
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Air Pictorial 1957-08
The owner of this executive Convair CV-440 Metropolitan must surely be either a TV mogul or a candy king. The stripes are black and white, with wing and tail assembly trim in blue. Our New York correspondent, F. G. Freeman, Jnr., of Flushing, New York, took this photograph.
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Air Pictorial 1957-09
Регистрационный номер: EC-AMR Convair 440 Metropolitans of many nationalities now grace the tarmac at British airports, among the latest being EC-AMR to 'MV of the Spanish airline Iberia.
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Air Enthusiast 2006-05 / B.Archer - Loyal Supporting Act /Air forces/
Spanish Air Force Convair 440 T.14-3 '911-03' was formerly with the national airline Iberia.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1990-01 / Personal album. Military
Регистрационный номер: A96-353 [2] Royal Australian Air Force Convair 440 A96-353 at RAF Kuching on April 30, 1966. No 34 Squadron RAAF acquired two Convair Metropolitans in 1955 for use on the VIP Flight.
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Мировая Авиация 190
Регистрационный номер: A96-353 [2] Среди военных покупателей 440 Metropolitan были ВВС Австралии (на фото; два самолета) и Германии (два), ВВС Италии (один) и ВВС и ВМС США (C-131D/E и R4Y-2, соответственно).
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Air Pictorial 1956-11 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номер: A96-313 METROPOLITAN in strange guise is A96-313 - one of the two V.I.P. Convair 440s now operated by the R.A.A.F.
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Air Pictorial 1956-08 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Only Convair T-29A resident in Europe is based at Sculthorpe, attached to the 47th Operations Squadron, U.S.A.F. The T-29A is a direct Convair 240 conversion with four dorsal astrodomes and built-in steps as shown in this photo of 49-1941-A (c/n. 20a). The suffix "A" indicates "last three" serial duplication .
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Air Enthusiast 2006-07 / Round-Out
Регистрационный номер: TP-118 [3] Early production T-29B 51-5118 wearing 'buzz-number' 'TP-118' on the forward fuselage in May 1949. Note also the number '249' behind the cockpit and below the rudder - this was the aircraft's construction number.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v2
Регистрационный номер: TP-118 [3] Convair T-29B.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1954 / All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номер: TP-118 [3] The Convair T-29B Aircrew Trainer (two 2,400 h.p. Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines).
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Air Enthusiast 2006-07 / Round-Out
View of the impressively-modified one-off NT-29B 51-5132 bedecked with radomes and additional aerials. What do readers know of the test programme that this machine was involved in?
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Air Pictorial 1956-11 / R.Cross - Convair's 240-340-440 Series
A U.S.A.F. T-29D
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Air Pictorial 1956-11 / R.Cross - Convair's 240-340-440 Series
One of its military variants, the C-131B.
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Air Pictorial 1956-05 / Photo-review
CONVAIR C-131D. First V.I.P. version of the Convair C-131 Samaritan to visit the U.K. is th is U.S. 3rd Air Force C-131D (55-291) command ship used by a "2-star" general. This C-131D is similar to the U.S. Navy's R4Y-1Z (Z = V.I.P.) and is basically similar to the airframe of the Eland-Convairliner (Model 340-D2). Thirty-three C-131Ds are being delivered to the USAF and MATS.
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Air Pictorial 1973-06 / H.Carter, D.Lee - Fly Navy - Tidewater, Virginia
These Convair C-131Fs - 141026 and 141023 "JK" - belong to Fleet Tactical Support Squadron 1 (VR-1). Note the large freight door
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Air International 2014-05 / K.Paloulian - Pearl of the Med /Military/
A 1960 photo showing the Royal Hellenic Air Force base commander greeting a US Navy admiral and adjutant as they step off a C-131 that’s just arrived from NAF Naples.
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Air Pictorial 1956-02 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Rarely illustrated is the R4Y-1, the U.S. Navy cargo-transport version of the U.S.A.F. C-131 Samaritan, the latest version of which is the RC-131G. Unlike the M.A.T.S. C-131s, the U.S. Navy's R4Y-1s have the white top decking extending to below the windows.
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Air Pictorial 1956-12 / P.Bowers - U.S. Navy Aircrafts on Display
Convair R4Y-1 personnel-cargo-hospital transport capable of carrying twenty-seven stretcher cases or forty-four seats.
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Мировая Авиация 190
Как и Model 240, 340-й получил военные заказы: 36 48-местных транспортных C-131B, 33 44-местных C-131D и VC-131D для ВВС США, а также 37 транспортных/грузовых/санитарных R4Y-1 (на снимке) для ВМС США.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1983-10 / J.Atkins - Back to the boneyard
Ranks of Grumman E-1 Tracers alternate with S-2 Trackers, sheltering under their AEW Radomes and folded wings. In the background stand twin-engined Convair C-131 Samaritans and Boeing KC-97s.
Другие самолёты на фотографии: Boeing C-97 / Model 377 Stratocruiser - США - 1944Grumman E-1 / WF-2 Tracer - США - 1956Grumman S-2 Tracker / TF-1 Trader - США - 1954
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Мировая Авиация 188
Характерной деталью всех поршневых самолетов "Convair" были реактивные выхлопные патрубки, которые улучшали охлаждение моторов и давали небольшой прирост тяги. На фотографии капот двигателя откинут.
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Aviation Historian 18 / J.Stroud - Arctic Assignment: Propliner proliferation in Finland /The John Stroud Archive/
The revised exhaust outlet of the CV-440’s Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp engine nacelle, in which the original twin tubes fitted to the CV-240 and 340 were enclosed in an attempt to palliate the high noise levels experienced in the cabins of the earlier models.
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Air Pictorial 1956-11 / R.Cross - Convair's 240-340-440 Series
Cockpit line drawing is of the CV-440.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / M.O'Leary - Santa Monica auction
Регистрационный номер: N396CG The opulent interior of Convair 240 N396CG, formerly used by Hollywood actor Cary Grant as his personal transport.
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Aeroplane Monthly 1990-01 / P.Chinnery - Tucson news
After removal of its engines, Convair VT-29B 51-7900 sits on its tail at Bob’s Airpark.
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Air-Britain Archive 1997-01 / Casualty Compendium (64)
Регистрационный номер: N3422 Braniff Convair 340 N3422 lies upside down at Midway Airport after hitting an advertising sign on approach 17.7.55.
17.7.55 Braniff Airways Convair 340-32 N3422 c/n 71, Fleet No.422, on instrument approach to Midway Airport at 0622 hrs CST, struck an 18 ft high petrol station advertising sign at the intersection of 55th Street and Central Avenue, Chicago, continued through the boundary fence and overturned in flames. Captain Allen R Tobin, stewardess Mary E Teel and 20 passengers were killed; First Officer Orbin W Hanks and 11 passengers seriously injured; 9 passengers had minor or no injuries. High sink rate and loss of visual reference in dense fog was probable cause. Operating Dallas - Oklahoma City - Wichita - Kansas City - Chicago, Flight 560.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes
Регистрационный номер: NC50697 A drawing of the Consolidated Vultee Model 240 40-passenger Airliner.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1954 / All the world's aeroplanes
The Convair-Liner 340.
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Air Pictorial 1956-11 / R.Cross - Convair's 240-340-440 Series
Convair Metropolitan 440
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