| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | LN-MAP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair 440-61 Metropolitan |
| C/n (msn): | 331 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Oslo - GardermoenMap |
| Country: | Norway |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: ENGM IATA: OSL Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 11 January 2002 |
| Photo by: | Kjell O Granlund - Scanavphoto |
| Photo ID: | 636925 |
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After a long and illustrious career, this Convairliner ended her career as a fire trainer. Delivered new to SAS 13 June 1956, she served on European and Scandinavian routes for the tri-national airline until November 1976 when she was sold to Botswana Desert Airways and the registration 3D-AAC was applied, but not taken up. She was then sold to Nor-Fly as LN-MAP where she remained until 1983 and withdrawn from use at Fornebu where she ended as a fire trainer. During 1998 she was moved to Oslo's new international airport at Gardermoen where she is seen on a cold winter's day after an exercise This photo is copyright © Kjell O Granlund - Scanavphoto, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 31 December 2023, and has since been viewed 1670 times. |