Aircraft Photo of ZS-KFA | Convair 580 | Namib Air

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	ZS-KFA
Aircraft Original Type:	Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:	Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:	Convair 580
C/n (msn):	385
Operator Titles:	Namib Air
Aircraft Name:	Oranjemund

Location
City / Airport:	Walvis Bay
Country:	Namibia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: - IATA: - Local: - Other: WVB

Photo Date:	January 1989
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	803744

Photo Comment
Built as a 440-32 and first flown 28 Dec 1956 and delivered to Braniff as N3435 3 Jan 1957. To Allegheny Airlines 16 Apr 1962, then to PacAero Jan 1967 and converted to a 580. Re-registered N5826, 21 June 1967. To Great Lakes Dec 1976, then North Star before sold to Consolidated Diamond Mines of South Africa Oct 1978 and operated by Namib Air. To Kelowna as C-FKFA 10 June 1991 and converted to freighter. To SNAS Worldwide as HX-SN11. To Air Chathams as ZK-CID 20 Sept 2004. Withdrawn from use at Palmerston North Oct 2007 and used for spares. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 29 April 2025, and has since been viewed 20 times.

Photo Comment

Built as a 440-32 and first flown 28 Dec 1956 and delivered to Braniff as N3435 3 Jan 1957. To Allegheny Airlines 16 Apr 1962, then to PacAero Jan 1967 and converted to a 580. Re-registered N5826, 21 June 1967. To Great Lakes Dec 1976, then North Star before sold to Consolidated Diamond Mines of South Africa Oct 1978 and operated by Namib Air. To Kelowna as C-FKFA 10 June 1991 and converted to freighter. To SNAS Worldwide as HX-SN11. To Air Chathams as ZK-CID 20 Sept 2004. Withdrawn from use at Palmerston North Oct 2007 and used for spares. Photographer unknown

This photo was added on 29 April 2025, and has since been viewed 20 times.

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