Aircraft Photo of N557R | Convair 240-5 | AirHistory.net #427957
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N557R
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 240/600 (C-131/T-29/Samaritan)
Aircraft Version:Convair 240-5
C/n (msn):42
Location
City / Airport:Glasgow - PrestwickMap
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGPK   IATA: PIK   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:2 July 1960
Photo from:McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)
Photo ID: 427957
Photo Comment

Built in 1948 for Trans Australia Airlines as VH-TAP who then sold it to PIA as AP-AHO in 1956. Sold (Traded in?) to Fokker in 1959 then sold to dealer/modifier Remmert-Werner as above. Cancelled as N196N in 1981 and scrapped.

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