| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N580HH |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair 580 |
| C/n (msn): | 500 |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
| Photo Date: | 11 April 2024 |
| Photo by: | Erik Sleutelberg |
| Photo ID: | 762629 |
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Ferried from Raytheon at Tucson Int'l, where she was a guided weapons systems testbed, to Davis-Monthan on 8 August 2023 and towed across Valencia Road to the museum the same day. Built in 1958 as a CV440 for REAL as PP-YRM but not taken up. To General Motors as N5122 in May 1960 and converted to CV580 the same year. Became N580R in October 1977, N580HH in March 1980 and to Texas Instruments in 1981. Suffered a heavy runway excursion in 1993 but was repaired to serve another 30 years, with Raytheon since the start of this century. This photo is copyright © Erik Sleutelberg, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 December 2024, and has since been viewed 84 times. |