First flight 9 January 1953 as CV-340-31 for United Airlines, reg N73123 delivered 31 January 1953. To Lake Central 10 August 1964. (Converted to CV-580 in 1967). 1 August 1968 N543 Allegheny Airlines. 10 January 1980 LN-BWG Nor-Fly A/S, November 1981 transferred to Nor-Fly Charter. 29 September 1985 LN-BWG to Partnair, not repainted the first year. June 1988 LN-BWG leased to Ryanair with Ryanair logo and titles. Returned to Partnair in October 1988 and wfu late 1989. 13 March 1991 C-FKFL Kelowna Flightcraft. 11 February 1997 ZK-KFH. April 2017 wfu at Auckland after 60 years of flying.

LN-BWN seen here at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) in 1982. Nor-fly Charter of Norway operated a Saturday flight from LBA to Haugesund for the tour operator Visit Norway. Scanned from an original photograph, photographer unknown.

Delivery date was September 25, 1953. Built as CV340, cvt'd - CV440, cvt'd - CV580.

Delivered to KLM in September 1953 as PH-TGF. Later to various owenrs as PH-CGF, N157W, N4406, N73159, N5839, LN-BWN, C-GKFJ, CS-TMG and ZK-KFJ. Reportedly still active at the time of the upload, as ZK-KFJ with Air Freight NZ.

Ex-N5843, N73123. Later C-FKFL, ZK-KFH

First serving KLM, Mohawk and Lake Central as a piston Convair, this aircraft was modified to CV-580 configuration in 6.67 and is seen here on a rare visit to Heathrow having joined the Norwegian carrier in 11.80