A nice prop visitor to Luton. Built in 1957 as a Convair 440-90 and registered to Convair as N8466H. Delivered to General Dynamics Corp as N440J on 20 Mar 1957. To the Gulf Oil Co as N108G in Jan 1962. Converted to a Convair 580 on 28 Mar 1962. Reregistered to N108GL in Mar 1971. To N114M in Apr 1971. To N114ML in Feb 1977. To Sweden and ScanBee as SE-IEY in Dec 1980. To Canada with Kelowna Flightcraft as C-GKFL on 20Jan 1987 and converted to a freighter. To New Zealand as ZK-KFL with Air Freight NZ in Feb 1990. Transferred to Air Chatham on 29 Nov 2016. Scrapped by Jun 2022.

slide scan from the NK collection. - Scan Bee acquired this Convair, originally operated by Braniff since 1953, from Fred Olsen in 1976 and used it until 1980. Sold as N14CD, it was noted at Fort Lauderdale until 1982, still in good condition and in full Scan Bee colours, and disappeared afterwards - probably it was broken up.

K25 slide scan. Built 1956 as CV-440 N4866H. Retained by General Dynamics as N440J for company use. Converted to CV-580 1962 and sold to Gulf Oil as N108G. Montex Drilling N104M 1971, N104ML 1977. Scanbee SE-IEY 1980. Kelowna C-FKFL 1987, Air Freight NZ ZK-KFL 1990.

Another look at this Convair some 6 months later.

Former SE-GTE is ex ScanBee and was part of Florida Aircraft Leasing's portfolio when photographed. Sold to Leasco Financial Corporation in 1982, it was leased to Air Priority, but later broken up.