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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-240-0
    Construction Number:240-076
    Last Civil Registration:N51331
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-240-0 cn 240-076 cr N513...
    Latest Owner or Location:Crocker National Bank, San Francsico, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1948

    Constructed as a CV-240-0.

    30 June 1948

    To American Airlines with new c/r NC94238.
    Operated with markings: Flagship Little Rock

    September 1948


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: At Chicago Municipal Airport

    Markings Applied: Flagship Lake Erie

    From 24 February 1958 to 20 August 1961

    To Dundel Corporation with new c/r N94238.

    From 22 March 1959 to 12 September 1959

    Leased to Continental Airlines.

    20 August 1961

    To Beldex Corporation keeping c/r N94238.

    May 1962

    To Nomura (America) Corporation keeping c/r N94238.

    May 1962

    To Air Ferry International keeping c/r N94238.

    From 1 June 1962 to 5 April 1965

    To TOA Airways with new c/r JA5110.

    September 1963


    Photographer: http://dansa.minim.ne.jp/His-Civ-CV240-440-ConvairLinerStudy.htm#110

    5 April 1965

    To Miami Aviation Corporation with new c/r N51331.

    15 May 1965

    To Cordova Airlines keeping c/r N51331.

    1 February 1968

    To Alaska Airlines keeping c/r N51331.

    14 September 1968


    Photographer: Neil Aird
    Notes: At Juneau, Alaska

    October 1969

    Withdrawn from use.

    30 January 1973

    To Pacific Nevada Airlines keeping c/r N51331.

    30 November 1973

    To Byco Air Services keeping c/r N51331.

    9 April 1975

    To Pacific Airlines keeping c/r N51331.

    3 February 1976

    To Crocker National Bank, San Francsico, CA keeping c/r N51331.
    Repossesed.

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Long Beach, California.

    Scrapped.

    13 August 2012

    Civil registration, N51331, cancelled.
    FAA Admin exercise.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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