First flight August 24th 1956 and deliverd to Sabena as OO-SCN Septembr 19th 1956. In Octobr 1967 N73162 Frontier Airlines. It was converted to CV-580 the same month. Octobr 1983 Combs Airways, opf Frontier Commuter. August 1985 Metro Airlines, opf American Eagle. Octobr 1987 N73162 bought by SAAB and converted to freighter CV-580F. Septembr 1988 bought by EAT, and in Decembr rr OO-DHJ European Air Transport, opf DHL. Octobr 1995 HZ-SN14 SNAS Aviation, opf DHL. Novembr 1st 2004 N587X Air Tahoma. September 1st 2007 it charshed after take-off at Rickenbacker. Seen loading in the afteroon 1990

This is how the Cargo ramp looked like in vintage times: DHL CV580's and Southern Air Transport C130's and DC-8's

Delivered to United Air Lines as CV340-31 N73119 in 1952. Partly converted to a CV540 then to a CV440 for Allegheny in 1962 Reregistered as N8424H in 1963. Converted to a CV580 and reregistered as N5810 in 1966. To other owners after 1978. Converted to a freighter. Reregistered as N581PL in 1981 then C-FBHW in 1988 and N581P in 1995. Current on the register with Air Tahoma in 2024.

Delivered to United Air Lines as CV340-31 N73146 in 1954. Converted to a CV540 for Allegheny in 1960 then converted to a CV440 in 1962. Reregistered as N8426H in 1963. Converted to a CV580 and reregistered as N5807 in 1966. To other owners after 1977. Converted to a freighter. Reregistered as N580PL in 1981 then N110AS in 1986, C-FJTW in 1990, C-FMGB in 1996 and C-FAWV in 1997. To Nolinor in 2001. Stored at Montreal-Mirabel by 2016.

Sadly this aircraft was withdrawn from use at NZAA in June 2022 and scrapped soon after.

Originally a CV-440 VH-BZH for Ansett in 1957. May 1962 N8421H Allegheny Airlines, Converted to CV-580, rr N5829, N583PL and N537SA. September 22nd 1987 OO-DHB DHL (opb EAT). 1995 EC-GBF Swift Air, opf DHL. Convair 580F operated by European Air Transport for DHL in DHL colours, started to fly to Fornebu in May 1989, and this was my first shot of it. Scanned from negative film

Having been out of commission for over a year, it's nice to see this 70 year old Convair back in action. Seen here arriving from Victoria as "Flightcraft (KFA) 576" on the evening Purolator run.

exported to South Africa as ZS-SKL in June 2005

Three of the stored Air Tahoma Convairs at LCK seen here, N585P, one unknown wearing no registration, and N582P. Sadly, this is the only good photo I was ever able to get of these; they were broken up and removed sometime in October of 2021.

The only full view I was able to get of any of these birds. Broken up sometime in October of 2021. N585P had a long service life, the most notable part for me being her time with Lake Central Airlines from February 1961 to July 1968.