Aircraft Photo of HK-3740 | Convair 580 | Taxsur Colombia | AirHistory.net #246159
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:HK-3740
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):145
Operator Titles:Taxsur Colombia
Location
City / Airport:Bogotá - El Dorado InternationalMap
Country:Colombia
Airport Codes:ICAO: SKBO   IATA: BOG   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:2 February 1995
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 246159
Photo Comment

Delivered to United Airlines as CV-40-31 N73145 in 1953. To N10CR in 1959 and converted to a CV440. To Frontier as N73145 in 1966 and converted to a CV580. To Frontier Commuter/Combs Airways in 1983 then to American Eagle/Metro Airlines in 1985. Stored at Marana in 1989. Converted to a freighter then to Avesco as HK-3740 in 1992. To Taxsur in 1993. Taxsur ceased operations in 1995 and it was stored at Bogota. Still there in 2001. Later scrapped.

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