3 results found
Registration / Serial:N793VS
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):340-245
Operator Titles:Calspan Aerospace
City / Airport:Niagara Falls - International (KIAG / IAG)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Event:Niagara Falls Air Show 2007
Photo Date:12 August 2007
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Photo ID:735754Submit Correction
View count: 127
Constructed as a C-131B and taken on strength with the US Air Force with serial 53-7793 in 1955 it was used as a radar testbed. In 1966, the aircraft was transferred to Calspan, Buffalo (NY) and redesignated NC-131B. From December 1968 to 1970 it was converted to an NC-131H, its engines changed from piston radials to Allison 501-D-13 turbo-props, made its first flight as a Total Flight-In Simulator (TIFS) in 1970. After various projects it was handed over to Calspan as N793VS on 23 December 2003. To the USAF Museum in Wright-Patterson on 7 November 2008.
Registration / Serial:N793VS
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):340-245
Operator Titles:Calspan Aerospace
City / Airport:Niagara Falls - International (KIAG / IAG)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:12 August 2007
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Registration / Serial:N793VS
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):340-245
Operator Titles:Calspan Aerospace
City / Airport:Niagara Falls - International (KIAG / IAG)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Event:Niagara Falls Air Show 2007
Photo Date:12 August 2007
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Photo ID:735754Submit Correction
View count: 127
Constructed as a C-131B and taken on strength with the US Air Force with serial 53-7793 in 1955 it was used as a radar testbed. In 1966, the aircraft was transferred to Calspan, Buffalo (NY) and redesignated NC-131B. From December 1968 to 1970 it was converted to an NC-131H, its engines changed from piston radials to Allison 501-D-13 turbo-props, made its first flight as a Total Flight-In Simulator (TIFS) in 1970. After various projects it was handed over to Calspan as N793VS on 23 December 2003. To the USAF Museum in Wright-Patterson on 7 November 2008.
Registration / Serial:N793VS
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):340-245
Operator Titles:Calspan Aerospace
City / Airport:Niagara Falls - International (KIAG / IAG)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:12 August 2007
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Registration / Serial:53-7793
Alternate Serial:0-37793
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):245
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:FDL - Flight Dynamics Laboratory
City / Airport:Windsor Locks - Bradley International (KBDL / BDL)Map
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Photo Date:16 June 1974
Photo from:John Visanich Collection
Photo ID:657814Submit Correction
View count: 196
Photo by Tom Hildreth.
Registration / Serial:53-7793
Alternate Serial:0-37793
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):245
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Windsor Locks - Bradley International (KBDL / BDL)Map
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Photo Date:16 June 1974
Photo from:John Visanich Collection
Registration / Serial:53-7793
Alternate Serial:0-37793
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):245
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:FDL - Flight Dynamics Laboratory
City / Airport:Windsor Locks - Bradley International (KBDL / BDL)Map
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Photo Date:16 June 1974
Photo from:John Visanich Collection
Photo ID:657814Submit Correction
View count: 196
Photo by Tom Hildreth.
Registration / Serial:53-7793
Alternate Serial:0-37793
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):245
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Windsor Locks - Bradley International (KBDL / BDL)Map
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Photo Date:16 June 1974
Photo from:John Visanich Collection
Registration / Serial:53-7793
Alternate Serial:0-37793
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):245
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:FDL - Flight Dynamics Laboratory
City / Airport:Buffalo - Niagara International (KBUF / BUF)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:October 1991
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:380852Submit Correction
View count: 1127
K25 slide scan. Delivered 1954 as C-131B, fitted out as a testbed. Upgraded 1969 to CV-580 standard and 1970 to TIFS simulator. Based Wright Patterson with Flight Dynamics Laboratory, later Buffalo assigned to Calspan. Reregistered N793VS in 2000, retired 2008 to USAF Museuem. The longest serving US military Convair was used in a variety of research programmes, namely B-1, Concorde, Space Shuttle, 757, X-29, YF-23, B-2, 747, C-5 and 787 amongst others.
Registration / Serial:53-7793
Alternate Serial:0-37793
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):245
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Buffalo - Niagara International (KBUF / BUF)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:October 1991
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Registration / Serial:53-7793
Alternate Serial:0-37793
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):245
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:FDL - Flight Dynamics Laboratory
City / Airport:Buffalo - Niagara International (KBUF / BUF)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:October 1991
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID:380852Submit Correction
View count: 1127
K25 slide scan. Delivered 1954 as C-131B, fitted out as a testbed. Upgraded 1969 to CV-580 standard and 1970 to TIFS simulator. Based Wright Patterson with Flight Dynamics Laboratory, later Buffalo assigned to Calspan. Reregistered N793VS in 2000, retired 2008 to USAF Museuem. The longest serving US military Convair was used in a variety of research programmes, namely B-1, Concorde, Space Shuttle, 757, X-29, YF-23, B-2, 747, C-5 and 787 amongst others.
Registration / Serial:53-7793
Alternate Serial:0-37793
Aircraft Version:Convair NC-131H TIFS
C/n (msn):245
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Buffalo - Niagara International (KBUF / BUF)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:October 1991
Photo by:Michael Roeser