![Aircraft Photo of HK-3740 | Convair 580 | Taxsur Colombia | AirHistory.net #246159](/photos/0246159.jpg)
Aircraft | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 24 May 2020, and has since been viewed 299 times. |