Airtrust Singapore leased this 880 from Orient Pacific Airways in October 1975. Damaged beyond repair on 21 Aug 1976 at XSP after overshooting the runway after an aborted take off.

Aircraft was operated by Viasa and carried full Viasa colours on the other side. It was the first production 880M, not taken up by Capital Airlines and used for tests until 1963. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Stored in a scrapyard in Cincinnati is this incredible rarity, one of the few surviving examples of the Convair 880. Broken up at CVG in May of 1986 (though the registration N48058 was not cancelled by the FAA until November of 2012!). Still recognizably in the colors of Cathay Pacific, where she flew as VR-HFT, even after all these years in the weather.

Convair photo but maybe not issued with fanfare as Swissair only accepted two CV-880s because of late delivery of its CV-990. Airframe served with Cathay Pacific from 1964 as VR-HFT. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Swissair briefly operated two CV-880s, HB-ICM and HB-ICL, because of the late delivery of its CV-990s. HB-ICM to JA8030, crashed in 1966 on a training flight. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

Basic old JAL colours (name "Yanagi" still visible at the nose) with Jonian Airways tail logo

Operated by Rowan Drilling.

Blasting off from rw31. A/c wearing titles promoting Expo '70 held in Osaka. Photographed by my dad, scanned from an old Agfa slide.

I found this shot in amongst my late father's slide collection. He didn't shoot airliners, rather photographed all aspects of life in HK at that time and occasionally he would visit Kai Tak. Note also the Stratocruiser parked in the background.

Previously HB-ICL with Swissair, and VR-HFT with Cathay Pacific and seen here in their basic livery. Title was later changed to Jetaway, but like most travel clubs, it eventually failed.

Seen derelict at CVG, and eventually broken up there. Previously HB-ICL with Swissair, and VR-HFT with Cathay Pacific.