Photo from: Finnish Heritage Agency. Photographer U.A. Saarinen.

Former Aero OY Finnish Air Lines / Finnair (OH-LRF 1957 - 72) and Stellar Air Transport (LN-MTT 1972 - 74) was sold in the USA as N90447 before coming to Canada in 1978. Pictured stored on the ramp, the aircraft never entered service before Harrison Airways ceased flying. The taped on registration below the aft door has already fallen off and it would become N440AD with Aerodyne. Last with SASA - Servicios Aéreos Santa Ana (CP-2256) , it was written off after a forced landing in open country near near Colquemarca, Peru on September 14, 1993.

Photographer unknown

This aircraft was last reported stored at St. Louis Downtown Airport in 2022, and can be seen there on Google Earth imagery date 11/2022.

Photographer: Joseph D Lezark. K25 slide scan. Built 1956 as OH-LRD for Finnair. Cosmopolitan Airlines N137CA 1980, renamed Coastal Express Airlines 1983. Sold to Margaret Hammer, West Palm Beach 1984 and Winemiller Aviation 1993. Lost hydraulic pressure and went off runway colliding with UH-60 on landing Cap Haitien 18 March 1995 while operating for Gulf and Caribbean Cargo.

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Harrison Airways acquired two Convair 440s from Scandinavia in the mid-1970s. The first, CF-HAF (msn 432), was painted in the airline's blue and white colour scheme. The second, C-GBHA arrived at YVR in Stellair colours with the Canadian registration crudely applied on the rear fuselage with tape. This 440 never entered service with Harrison Airways before bankruptcy. Sold to Aero Dyne Corp of Renton, Washington as N440AD and later flown by Airways Int'l. and Trans Texas Air Freight. Sold to Peru in 1988 and to Bolivia in 1992 as CP-2256. It crashed on Sep. 14, 1993 near Colquemarca, Peru.

In my book, the star exhibit in the Finnish Aviation Museum, preserved exactly as it was when removed from Finnair service on 30th April 1980. Delivered new to Aero OY Finnish Air Lines in May 1953 as a CV-340 and converted to 440 in 1956. Challenging in those cramped conditions to get a nice shot, but an extension monopole allowing a high overhead view off the balcony helps considerably.

Later N37444, N136CA

Delivered to Finnair as OH-LRE in 1957. To Cosmopolitan Airlines as N37444 then reregistered as N136CA in 1980. To Cochise Airlines in 1981, Air Resorts Airlines in 1982, Onyx Aviation in 1986, Laredo Air in 1988, Karns Air in 1992 and Aviation Business Group in 2002. Still current on the register in 2021. Visible on the satellite image at St. Louis Downtown Airport, MO.

Later N137CA. Written of at Cap Haitien (CAP/MTCH) 18-Mar-1995

Finnair's first Convairliner, OY-LRA, was converted from CV-340 to CV-440 standard in 1956. Photo from: Finnish Heritage Agency

Later N999TZ, RP-C362, RP-C805, N999TZ. Scrapped circa 1984

Later N999JZ. Destroyed 10-June-1973 at Phnom Penh/Pochentong Airport (PNH) (Cambodia) when hit by rocket.

To Finnair in August 1957 as OH-LRF. To LN-MTT in December 1972. To Allegheny airlines in May 1974 as N90447. To American Jet Industries in June 1974 and Concare Aircraft Leasing in March 1975. To Harrison Airways in November 1975 as C-GBHA. To Aero Dyne in November 1978 as N440AD. To Leasco Financial Corp. in January 1982, YAC Aircraft in April 1983, Saeta Aircraft Parts in April 1984. To Airways Int'l in July 1984. To Trans Texas Air Freight in June 1988. to Aero Norte in July 1988 as OB-T1326. To SASA in September 1992 as CP-2256. Written off during a forced belly landing in September 1993.

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